The Biden administration is continuing its secret, nighttime flights out of Texas to, in this case, Pennsylvania. Officials at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport have confirmed that at least four such flights have been made this month, two on Christmas Day alone.
Observers report seeing the charter Boeing 737s, each filled with between 95 and 125 illegal aliens, most of whom appeared to be young, disembark at airport hangars rather than terminals. The passengers were then hustled aboard buses for parts unknown.
Various local Republican officials and candidates have publicized the secret activities, Congressional candidate Jim Bognet charging, “We have no idea how many illegals were brought here, what their COVID-19 status is, or where the government will house them. Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas are trying to cover up this activity by sending planes late at night during the holidays.”
Former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta has posted photographs taken by eyewitnesses of the planes and buses. In a letter last week to Gov. Tom Wolf and Attorney General Josh Shapiro, both Democrats, he asked if passengers had been tested or vaccinated for Covid and wrote of the practice:
It sends the message that they need not have bothered following our laws, because it is now American policy to decline to enforce those laws at all. In addition, there are countless people around the world who are right now waiting in line to enter legally, yet we continue to let thousands upon thousands enter with few or no consequences.
In a separate letter, to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) wrote:
It is my understanding that a total of 130 immigrants, 118 minors and 12 adults, arrived aboard an iAero charter flight on Friday, December 17 and were subsequently transported on buses from a private hangar. I am calling on you and President Biden to immediately end this irresponsible practice in northeast Pennsylvania and throughout the country.
There is no record of a response to either letter.
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