Feds reportedly charter ‘ghost flights’ to Pennsylvania for illegal immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has chartered dozens of flights with illegal immigrants into Scranton, Penn., during the month of December, according to state lawmakers raising the alarm.
Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) and gubernatorial candidate and former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) wrote letters asking Democratic officials for answers. The National Pulse reported that one source described the illegal migrant transportation as “ghost flights” due to their secretive nature. Some flights arrive at night and none of the flights have a public passenger manifest.
Meuser wrote a letter Thursday to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson.
“I am extremely concerned by recent reports that the federal government has flown illegal immigrants to the Wilkes Barre-Scranton International Airport,” he wrote.
A total of 130 immigrants, including 118 minors and 12 adults, arrived on one chartered flight Dec. 17 and were transported to an unknown location, Meuser stated.
He said the “Biden administration has shown no concern for the lawlessness and chaos they have created at the border,” said his constituents are feeling the direct effects of this.