Union Suit Claims Trump-Airport Security Rule Ousted Immigrant Workers
17th March 2026
The Service Employees International Union has sued the Trump administration over a new security clearance policy for immigrants working at airports.
The lawsuit against Customs and Border Protection is the second filed by the powerful union against the Trump administration in the same week.
The SEIU is joined by four former employees of Logan International Airport in Boston, who say they lost their jobs because of the policy.
The CBP adopted new guidelines last year that determined asylum applicants and recipients of Temporary Protected Status cannot qualify for security badges to access certain restricted areas at airports.
The previous policy made federal work permits for immigrants suffice to get a security badge—or Customs access seals—to have unaccompanied access to CBP security areas, such as airport inspection services areas where international flight passengers and their baggage are processed.
This new security clearance policy seems very reasonable to me. The SEIU, of course, is a pillar of the Democrat party.