Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has introduced legislation aimed at blocking US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from accessing airline passenger data, accusing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of helping to target immigrants at airports. The move forms part of a wider push by progressive Democrats against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics, extending their objections from ICE's ground operations to its activity within the air travel system.

The bill would specifically restrict ICE's access to information gathered through airport security and travel screening processes, which Tlaib argues is being used to identify and detain immigrants as they travel. The announcement comes amid heightened tension in Congress over immigration policy, with Tlaib among the most vocal critics of the administration's enforcement approach on Capitol Hill.