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DHS JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT LIST OF AIRPORTS THEY WILL SHUT DOWN IF SANCTUARY CITIES REFUSE TO COOPERATE

Not vague threats. Not "we'll look into it." NAMED FACILITIES. SPECIFIC AIRPORTS. City by city.

🇺🇸 JFK — New York City's primary international gateway → customs processing… pic.twitter.com/3l9Fb4kamy

— 🇺🇸 Ronald Carter (@USronaldcarter) May 28, 2026

DHS JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT LIST OF AIRPORTS THEY WILL SHUT DOWN IF SANCTUARY CITIES REFUSE TO COOPERATE

Not vague threats. Not "we'll look into it." NAMED FACILITIES. SPECIFIC AIRPORTS. City by city.

🇺🇸 JFK — New York City's primary international gateway → customs processing ENDED
🇺🇸 LaGuardia — New York → international arrivals rerouted
🇺🇸 Newark — New Jersey → 5th busiest cargo hub in the US → SHUT for customs
🇺🇸 LAX — Los Angeles → 2nd busiest international airport in America → OFFLINE
🇺🇸 O'Hare — Chicago → one of the largest cargo airports on Earth → GONE
🇺🇸 SFO — San Francisco → Silicon Valley's global gateway → customs ENDED
🇺🇸 SEA — Seattle → Pacific Rim trade hub → SHUT
🇺🇸 Logan — Boston → New England's only major international port → OFFLINE
🇺🇸 PHL — Philadelphia → GONE
🇺🇸 PDX — Portland → GONE
🇺🇸 DEN — Denver → the hub connecting the entire Mountain West to international routes → SHUT

💀 10+ named airports
💀 10 sanctuary jurisdictions
💀 ZERO of these cities have agreed to cooperate with ICE detainers
💀 100% of the consequence falls on international travelers, cargo operators, and connecting passengers — not on the politicians who made the policy

Every airport on this list processes the international arrivals that feed the entire domestic flight network. Not just international travelers. Every connecting passenger. Every cargo shipment. Every tourist dollar.

Mullin's exact words: "They don't want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities."

That is not a political slogan. That is the operational rationale already being briefed to airline executives.

Mullin's plans are still being drawn up. These are the airports at the center of it right now.