New Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has floated an intriguing way to disincentivize blue cities' sanctuary policies which make the work of his immigration enforcement folk much more difficult.
His idea: pull the immigration officials out of blue cities' international airports. The result of which would be airlines would have to quit international flights to those airports. Imagine how well this would go down with NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, or Los Angeles. These 'sanctuary cities' are "at war" with Homeland Security and he may be able to fight back.
I'm imagining a few airports where international flights would be able to terminate and then those bound to sanctuary cities would have to take a connecting domestic flight to reach home. The resultant turmoil would be amazing, the howling unbelievable.
A series of court challenges would ensue, can cities which refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement demand immigrations services in spite of their rebellion? I know there are judges who will answer "yes." How about the Supremes?
Trump's problem is you can't fight everyone at once, although he is active on many fronts. Is this a battle he is willing to prioritize? If the idea goes nowhere, we'll know the answer is no.
