Republican Bill Aims to Ban Illegal Immigrants Without ID From Boarding Flights

‘Allowing illegal immigrants to abuse commercial airline travel is unacceptable,’ Rep. Mike Green said.

Illegal immigrants cross into the United States from Mexico to be processed by Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, on May 8, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) has unveiled a bill that would prohibit illegal immigrants from boarding commercial flights into and within the United States without valid identification.

“Allowing illegal immigrants to abuse commercial airline travel is unacceptable,” Mr. Green said in a statement on April 11, in which he announced the draft House legislation, titled the “Verifying that all Aliens have Legitimate Identification Documents Act,” or the “VALID Act.”