'Stop the invasion': Migrant flights in battleground state ignite bipartisan backlash from lawmakers

Democrat and Republican lawmakers successful a important battleground authorities are "deeply troubled" aft a radical of illegal immigrants were flown to the Big Sky Country connected a precocious nighttime flight.

Five migrants, reportedly from Venezuela, were flown from New York to Kalispell, Montana Wednesday nighttime into Glacier Park International Airport, Flathead County Sheriff Brian Heino confirmed to Fox News Digital. The migrants were reportedly dropped disconnected and yet provided lodging successful the city, but Heino said it was conscionable "one of galore instances."

"The lone mode an amerciable migrant from South America ends up successful Montana is if a ‘nonprofit’ connected with the Biden Administration moves them there," said Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., said successful a property release, referring to Valley Neighbors, the section nonprofit that picked up the migrants who were flown into the state.

"Montana instrumentality enforcement, schools, hospitals and information nets are being stressed to their max due to the fact that of the Biden borderline crisis," said Zinke, who represents the territory covering Flathead. "It’s unacceptable and perfectly needs to extremity now."

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Representative Ryan Zinke, a Republican from Montana, arrives for a House Republican caucus gathering connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, DC, US, connected Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio volition again tally to beryllium US House talker present that his chap Republican Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the contest. P (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Zinke took the effort a measurement further, penning a missive to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas Thursday that urged him to "immediately detain and deport this radical of amerciable immigrants." The letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, requested accusation regarding their cognition of the migrants and however they traveled from the confederate border to bluish Montana.

A spokesperson for Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said helium is moving with authorities officials to show the situation, telling Fox News Digital that it "undermines our nationalist security" erstwhile migrants are allowed to participate the U.S. illegally.

"Senator Tester is successful interaction with section officials successful Flathead County and is intimately monitoring this ongoing situation," the spokesperson said successful a statement. "He believes that allowing anyone to participate the state without being decently vetted oregon going done a ineligible process undermines our nationalist security, which is wherefore helium voted for bipartisan borderline information authorities that would springiness instrumentality enforcement the tools to ace down connected individuals entering the state illegally and support Montana and our state safe."

Seen from an aerial view, immigrants effort to walk implicit razor ligament aft crossing the borderline into El Paso, Texas from El Paso, Texas. Those who managed to get done the ligament were past allowed to proceed for further processing by U.S. Border Patrol agents. (John Moore/ Getty)

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., blamed President Joe Biden for the migrant crisis, saying helium and "Senate Democrats failed to unafraid the borderline and present Montanans tin spot that nonaccomplishment firsthand."

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Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., said helium was "deeply troubled and frustrated" by the situation, portion Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., demanded Biden "be held accountable and his actions beryllium reversed," saying "Montana is not a sanctuary state."

Former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, a Republican Senate campaigner successful Montana, besides chimed in, blaming the Democrat helium is moving to unseat successful the autumn for the "insane" migrant crisis.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., pointed to the Biden medication for the ongoing situation astatine the confederate border. (Tom Williams/Getty)

"A period ago, the Senate voted to proceed secret, taxpayer-funded amerciable migrant flights by 1 ballot – Jon Tester’s. Now, illegals are reportedly being flown to Montana," Sheehy said successful a statement. "This is insane. Stop the invasion, seal the border, and enactment America First!"

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The flights travel days aft Fox News reported connected a subpoena by the House Homeland Security Committee astir a abstracted parole programme for migrants, nether which astir 200,000 migrants flew into the U.S. betwixt January done August 2023. The subpoena revealed that migrants person flown into much than 45 cities arsenic portion of the programme for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants.

Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.