Conservative commentator Ashley St. Clair shared on X (formerly Twitter) that Delta Air Lines transported hundreds of migrants on a flight from Phoenix to New York.
“My [Delta] flight from Phoenix appears to be flying migrants who crossed the border and are being shipped to New York. When I asked a Delta representative if this was the case, his response was 'What does it matter, they’re humans too,'” she wrote in the post, along with a video that went viral this Tuesday.
"What is happening? Are taxpayer dollars paying for this?” she asked.
My @Delta flight from Phoenix appears to be flying migrants who crossed the border and are being shipped to New York
When I asked a Delta representative if this was the case, his response was “What does it matter, they’re humans too”
What is happening???? pic.twitter.com/zew340d6u2
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) December 19, 2023
The video, according to St. Clair, shows numerous immigrants fresh out of a migrant detention center boarding a plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The commentator also reported that a Delta representative followed her "out of the Sky Club and had someone watching me because I asked if the migrants were being flown on my flight from the processing center.”
A Delta representative followed me out of the Sky Club and had someone watching me because I asked if the migrants were being flown on my flight from the processing center
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) December 19, 2023
Delta has yet to respond to the allegations, and it has not yet been independently confirmed whether the passengers were, in fact, migrants who recently crossed the southern border or whether they arrived at the airport after leaving detention centers.
It is also not clear how the tickets were paid for these supposed migrants, whose legal status is also not defined.
St. Clair, who continued to post updates on the flight, said several of the migrants were in the "premium cabin" and the vast majority still had bags from processing centers with them.
Migrant placed next to me in premium cabin still has bag from processing center
A majority of this flight is migrants bussed in from the processing center
Can @Delta please let all of their customers know what medical screenings are being done for these migrants illegally… https://t.co/drf5aAzLPA pic.twitter.com/ETHl8tJkC9
— Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) December 19, 2023
According to immigration law, if a migrant was processed and requested asylum, they are not considered to be illegal.
Other users on X joined St. Clair and denounced the increasing influx of migrants at the Phoenix International Airport, from where migrants are apparently being sent to other cities in the United States.
Currently at PHX airport where @NuanceBro and I have noticed a large amount of migrants being shipped from here to different parts of the country. These Guinea migrants were headed to New York via Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona. https://t.co/Mx5GBJcyT2 pic.twitter.com/z7WxIbKwvd
— Current Revolt (Tony O.) (@CurrentRevolt) December 19, 2023
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), echoed these complaints on X : "It isn’t just Delta. It’s every major airline carrier. We are literally funding our invaders."
St. Clair's video comes amidst a deadly immigration crisis that is affecting the border states and also other major cities in the country that are receiving migrants from the border.
Although the conservative commentator's comments are not confirmed, states such as Texas and Arizona have sent migrants on buses to liberal "sanctuary cities" such as New York and Chicago.
New York, for example, received more than 160,000 immigrants in less than two years, causing the city's mayor, Eric Adams, to announce that the immigration crisis will have cost $4 billion in three years.
