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"drawing up plans" to block all international flights into blue cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Mullin did discuss plans affecting certain sanctuary-city airports, but he explicitly said, “We are not going to halt the flights.” Reporting describes a proposal to withdraw CBP officers or stop processing arrivals at some sanctuary-jurisdiction airports, not a blanket plan to block all international flights into blue cities.
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Mullin did talk about a new DHS proposal involving airports in jurisdictions the administration labels "sanctuary" cities. But the post overstates what he said.
On May 28, 2026, after being asked whether this meant canceling all international flights to places like New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, Mullin said: "We are not going to halt the flights" and explained instead that DHS might pull Customs and Border Protection officers away from those airports, which would prevent arriving passengers from being processed.
Reuters likewise described the proposal as potentially stopping customs/immigration processing at certain airports in sanctuary cities, not as a blanket announcement to "block all international flights into blue cities." NBC Chicago also summarized the plan as pulling CBP resources from airports in "sanctuary" jurisdictions and quoted Mullin saying passengers would not be admitted if CBP is not there processing them.
So the underlying story is real, but this post exaggerates it in two ways:
- "block all international flights" — Mullin explicitly said he was not going to halt the flights.
- "blue cities" — the reported proposal was framed around sanctuary jurisdictions, not simply Democratic-leaning cities as such.
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"We are not going to halt the flights," Mullin told Kilmeade. "What we're saying is we just won't be able to process them because we won't have officers there."
- Official warns US could halt immigration, customs processing at 'sanctuary city' airports, sources say | 1330 & 101.5 WHBL
Reuters reported Mullin warned authorities could stop processing international travelers and cargo at major U.S. airports in "sanctuary cities" and could opt to stop customs and immigrations processing at airports in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, Seattle and San Francisco.
- Mullin threatens to pull CBP agents from 'sanctuary city' airports - NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago wrote that Mullin threatened to pull Customs and Border Protection resources from airports in so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions and quoted him saying: "If CBP isn't there processing international flights, then those individuals when the airlines land won't be permitted into the United States."