Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates

An expansion of immigration enforcement at US airports has created tension between the airline industry and the Trump administration, The Guardian reports. Airline workers are declining to help federal agents arrest their targets, many of whom have pending applications for visas, asylum, or green cards. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration have expanded their collaboration to make as many as three dozen arrests daily at the airports.

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