DHS Evaluating Plan to Restrict International Flight Processing at Airports in Sanctuary Cities
A proposed Trump administration policy under discussion would use federal transportation authority to pressure sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with immigration enforcement, marking an escalation in federal immigration enforcement policy discussions.
The plan would restrict or suspend international flight processing at airports located in jurisdictions that refuse to fully cooperate with federal authorities, a move supporters describe as a rule-of-law response to enforcement noncompliance.
Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Markwayne Mullin said the administration is currently evaluating the proposal but has not implemented it.
Speaking on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Mullin argued that federal services should not continue in jurisdictions that refuse to assist immigration enforcement priorities.
“We’re currently drawing up plans to say listen, in these sanctuary cities, where the local, radical left Democrats aren’t allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities either,” Mullin said, according to LifeZette.
He added, “Because they don’t want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities? Nothing about that makes sense to me.”
Under the proposal, international flight processing and customs operations could be restricted at major airports in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, and Newark.
The plan would restrict or suspend international flight processing at airports located in jurisdictions that refuse to fully cooperate with federal authorities, a move supporters describe as a rule-of-law response to enforcement noncompliance.
Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Markwayne Mullin said the administration is currently evaluating the proposal but has not implemented it.
Speaking on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Mullin argued that federal services should not continue in jurisdictions that refuse to assist immigration enforcement priorities.
“We’re currently drawing up plans to say listen, in these sanctuary cities, where the local, radical left Democrats aren’t allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities either,” Mullin said, according to LifeZette.
He added, “Because they don’t want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities? Nothing about that makes sense to me.”
Under the proposal, international flight processing and customs operations could be restricted at major airports in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, and Newark.
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