An explosive investigative report from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz is shining new light on how deeply the Biden Administration has embedded its open-border agenda inside federal transportation agencies — even at the expense of airport safety, national security and taxpayer dollars.
According to the report, the Biden Department of Transportation (DOT), under direction from the White House, coordinated with local officials in New York, Boston and Chicago to quietly move migrants through U.S. airports without identification, house them inside airport facilities and divert key aviation resources to manage the influx.
The findings reveal internal communications showing the Biden White House pressed the DOT and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pressure at least ten major airports to take on migrant-housing operations, despite repeated warnings from airport officials about operational strain, safety risks and security vulnerabilities.
Cruz blasted the findings as further proof that the Biden Administration has been willing to compromise American safety to accommodate record-high illegal immigration.
“This report exposes how the Biden Department of Transportation conspired with local leaders in New York, Boston and Chicago to house migrants in airport facilities at taxpayer expense,” Cruz said. “Their decisions – to transport illegal aliens through airports without identity checks, even those with felonies — shows in new detail how Biden’s open border policy coopted government agencies to put American citizens at risk.”
The report outlines how migrants — including individuals with criminal histories — were funneled through airport systems normally reserved for vetted travelers, bypassing the security measures American citizens must follow. Meanwhile, frontline FAA and DOT personnel were pulled away from core safety duties to accommodate the administration’s directives.
Airport authorities in all three major cities reportedly raised alarms about:
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Security threats posed by housing unvetted migrants in secure aviation areas
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Operational strain on airport staffing and resources
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Diverted safety oversight, including FAA staff reassigned from air-traffic priorities
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Public-safety concerns from releasing unvetted migrants into local communities
Rather than address the warnings, the report shows the Biden administration continued to push forward, prioritizing migrant relocation over aviation safety.
The report also indicates that taxpayers — not federal immigration agencies — absorbed many of the costs associated with housing and transporting migrants through airports. Local governments were left scrambling to manage food, shelter and logistics, stretching resources already under pressure from historic migrant inflows.
The revelations come as the Biden Administration faces mounting criticism over border failures, including the record number of illegal crossings and the strain on cities overwhelmed by federal migrant-relocation flights.
Cruz’s report adds to the growing body of evidence that the administration has gone beyond policy negligence, actively pressuring government agencies to participate in the nation’s border crisis.
Cruz has vowed further investigation into how federal agencies were pulled into migrant-housing operations and whether national-security protocols were compromised. Republicans say the report underscores the need for congressional oversight and a return to immigration enforcement that prioritizes citizen safety over political convenience.
The full report, including detailed communications and documentation, is available to the public. Read it HERE.
