American Airlines, Frontier Airlines and United Airlines have asked the Department of Homeland Security to stop sending on their airlines migrant children separated from their parents.
Breaking: @AmericanAir says it has asked U.S. government to 'immediately refrain' from transporting migrant children separated from their families at the border on its aircraft. Doesn't acknowledge whether such children have been on previous flights. pic.twitter.com/HFTqASsnI2
— Conor Shine (@Conor_Shine) June 20, 2018
BREAKING: United Airlines has just joined American Airlines in demanding that the government not use their planes to fly separated children away from their parents!
Thank you @united and @AmericanAir for caring!!
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) June 20, 2018
Frontier Airlines: "We will not knowingly allow our flights to be used to transport migrant children away from their families." pic.twitter.com/F6w19gOhFJ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 20, 2018
To which the Trump administration responded:
from Trump bunker, DHS fires at airlines refusing to fly migrant kids separated from families: “unfortunate @AmericanAir , @united, and @FlyFrontier no longer want to partner w/brave men-women of DHS. clearly do not understand immigration laws. Buckling to false media narrative"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 20, 2018
