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GOP Candidates’ Warnings of Immigrant ‘Ghost Flights’ Lack Context and Facts

Sebastian Grochowicz
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Over the past month, Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor and US Senate have been raising alarms about immigration. Specifically, they are criticizing undocumented children being flown into Pennsylvania airports on quote “ghost flights” that they say the Biden administration is trying to hide.

But WHYY’s Katie Meyer reports, immigration experts say the flights are routine and the concerns aren't grounded in facts.

(Original air-date: 1/18/22)

Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.