DHS threatens to stop international flight processing at airports in 'sanctuary' cities
The airline industry warned the move would disrupt international flights and cargo and cost the economy an estimated $8 billion a year.
- On Thursday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to halt international traveler and cargo processing at airports in 'sanctuary cities,' citing insufficient local law enforcement assistance for federal immigration officials.
- Mullin has been 'obsessed' with the plan since taking office, specifically complaining that local police failed to ensure federal immigration officials could access a detention center near Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
- The U.S. Travel Association warned the move would inflict 'immediate and lasting harm,' potentially costing the U.S. economy $8 billion annually while affecting 5 million Americans returning home each year.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy openly repudiated the proposal during a congressional hearing this month, calling it a 'bad idea to start restricting travel based on political views,' while the White House has not formally approved the plan.
- Experts warn that rerouting flights would trigger systemic chaos, with millions of international visitors expected for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, as major hubs like New York-JFK would struggle to absorb displaced traffic and cargo.
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By Michael Williams, Alayna Treene and Alexandra Skores, CNN. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has become fixated on a plan to punish cities and states that don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement: cutting customs personnel at their airports and possibly halting the processing of international travelers altogether. But the ambitious plan has already run into obstacles: it has rattled the travel industry and local officia…
White House insiders throw DHS chief under the bus over threats to cripple air travel
President Donald Trump's newly-minted secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, has made explosive headlines with his repeated threats on cable news to pull back Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with federal immigration agents
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