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Senators Demand Answers on Warrantless GA Stops

Eight senators have called out the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about numerous stops and searches of law-abiding pilots on domestic flights that never leave U.S. airspace.

In a letter to DHS Acting Secretary Rand Beers, the lawmakers, all members of the Senate General Aviation Caucus, demanded that the DHS provide records of all stops of GA flights since 2009, including explanations of the “reasonable suspicion” that led to each stop by officers from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the “probable cause” that resulted in a search. The DHS is the parent agency of CBP.