United, American Airlines: Don't Use Our Planes to Transport Kids Separated from their Families
United and American Airlines want no part in separating children from their families at the U.S./Mexico border. Both airlines spoke out on Wednesday to ask government officials to refrain from using their flights to transport migrant children who have been removed from the care of their parents under the current“zero tolerance” immigration policy. “We have . . . requested the federal government to immediately refrain from using American for the purpose of transporting children who have been separated from their families due to the current immigration policy,” the airline said in a statement released Wednesday....