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"DHS says it's 'drawing up plans' to ban international arrivals at SFO
How would your travel plans be affected if the DHS shut down its Customs and Border Protection checkpoints at SFO, effectively blocking all international arrivals, both U.S. and foreign? It’s pretty unthinkable, right? That’s why we didn’t cover a comment back in early in April by newly installed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin when he suggested his agency might use that tactic against so-called sanctuary cities to pressure them to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in rounding up undocumented people. The idea was so outlandish that nobody really thought he was serious.
But Mullin is now doubling down on the threat. After demonstrators protested outside an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, Mullin appeared on Fox News this week and said his agency is beginning to take steps to adopt the policy. 'We’re currently drawing up plans to say, listen, these sanctuary cities where the local radical-left Democrats aren’t allowing us to do our jobs and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities either,' Mullin said, according to a report in the Hill.
As Reuters noted, 'The move could effectively halt international air travel and commerce at major airports in Democratic states, with millions of foreign tourists expected to stream in for next month's start of the FIFA World Cup.' In other words, it would create sheer chaos for airlines, airports and international travel in general, and if Mullin proceeds with the plan it would almost certainly face immediate legal challenges."
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/dhs-ban-international-arrival-sfo-22280740.php