Moreno said the loophole allows people to come into the country illegally and then claim asylum, and that it has been in place for decades.

Last year, senators from Virginia and Maryland sounded the alarm over congestion in the skies above Washington.

Owens is one of four Black Republicans in the House of Representatives. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, who was born in Bogotá, Colombia, rejected stereotypes of Hispanics as solely laborers or ...