Homeland Security press secretary fired back at United and American Airlines after they told the US government not to fly children separated from their parents on their planes (AAL, UAL)

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• The Department of Homeland Security’s press secretary, Tyler Houlton, criticized American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and United Airlines on Wednesday.
• Earlier, the airlines had told the United States government to refrain from flying migrant children separated from their families on their aircraft.
• Houlton said the airlines did not understand US immigration laws and were making decisions based on “a false media narrative.”

Department of Homeland Security press secretary Tyler Houlton responded on Wednesday to American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and United Airlines after the airlines said in separate statements they had told the United States government to refrain from flying migrant children separated from their families on their aircraft.

Houlton criticized the airlines, saying they did not understand US immigration laws and were making decisions based on “a false media narrative.”

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