Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for saying she saw 'illegal aliens all over' US airports

WASHINGTON, DC: In a recent statement on the House floor, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) sparked controversy as she asserted seeing "illegal aliens" throughout the nation's airports during her recent travels.

The remarks came as the House deliberated on a resolution condemning President Joe Biden's southern border policies.

“The Biden administration is guilty of the largest human trafficking operation in history. This is human trafficking,” Greene declared passionately.

“I just traveled in airports across the country just the past few days. You know what I saw in our airports? Migrants, illegal aliens, all over in the airports!” she said. 

Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for calling immigrants 'aliens' 

However, social media quickly erupted with criticism, questioning how Greene could identify individuals as "illegals" just by sight.

"I was traveling too - all I saw were travelers How could she tell they were illegals/migrants? Did she ask them?" one posted on X.

"Did she personally check them for their documentation or were they just brown and she assumed they were illegal?" another wondered.

"Unless she went up to each person individually and asked for ID, I dont see how she could know that with any certainty. Is she profiling people?" a comment read.

"If they're in the airports, they have legal status and are not "illegals," another insisted.

The controversy surrounding Greene's statement comes amid the House Homeland Security Committee's initiation of impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the official responsible for overseeing the southwest border.

Greene had previously filed a resolution in November, accusing Mayorkas of violating federal law and the Constitution.

Although the resolution was the second of its kind, it was ultimately rejected. Speaking on her decision not to force a vote, Greene asserted that she had received assurances that the House would proceed with impeachment.

The congresswoman had previously faced formal censure by Congress for labeling Mayorkas a "liar" during a hearing.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says GOP has the 'power' to fix border crisis

Speaking about border control and government spending, Greene recently told the Washington Examiner that she advocates for a reversal of President Biden’s border agenda and a cessation of funding for Ukraine's defense against Russian attacks.

She stressed the need for Republicans to unite and vote against expenditures aligned with the Democratic agenda, particularly focusing on the border crisis.

“I’m really sick and tired of it. If Republicans had a spine, and if our conference stuck together, we have all the power that we need to solve the border crisis right now. I completely disagree with [Speaker] Mike Johnson that we aren’t going to be able to do it. I think if we just refused to fund anything, and we stood our ground, that we would come out winning that,” Greene told the outlet Monday, January 15.

According to her, the country knows full well the border crisis is Biden’s fault. “All House Republicans have to do is say that you don’t get a single penny until you shut the border down. And that’s where I’m at,” Greene declared.

Criticizing the current deficit and advocating for fiscal responsibility, Greene called on Congress to be discerning in spending, insisting on only allocating funds to address critical issues. “Everybody thinks it’s hard. In Washington, DC, everybody thinks it’s complicated, that you can’t do these things. But you absolutely can do them,” she said.

“When you’re a corporation on the verge of bankruptcy, you literally pick and choose what you have to spend money on to keep the lights on. And then you cut the rest of it. It’s not a top-line number at all," she explained. "It’s like how to keep the lights on, and that’s all you have to do. And that’s how we should be looking at government funding. We’re just keeping the lights on, and then we only spend money on what we have to solve the problems," she added.