Markwayne Mullin alerts nearer scrutiny of customs at sanctuary metropolis airports

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Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin raised the potential of limiting customs privileges at airports in sanctuary cities throughout an look on "Particular Report" Monday.

In his first interview as secretary, Mullin instructed Fox Information that DHS might be taking a more in-depth have a look at customs enforcement operations at main worldwide airports situated in sanctuary jurisdictions, questioning their efficacy.

"If they seem to be a sanctuary metropolis, ought to they actually be processing customs into their metropolis?" Mullin requested.

"If they seem to be a sanctuary metropolis they usually're receiving worldwide flights, and we're asking them to companion with us on the airport, however as soon as they stroll out of the airport, they don't seem to be going to implement immigration coverage — possibly we have to have a extremely onerous have a look at that."

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Arriving U.S. residents and Inexperienced Card holders stand in line to clear immigration at Newark worldwide airport, Newark, N.J., Monday, March 9, 2026. The road is longer than typical as International Entry and Cellular Passport Management companies are at present shut down. (Fox Information Digital)

Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) and John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) are examples of main customs hubs that DHS might be trying into, as each are situated in sanctuary cities. Based on Port Authority, roughly 3 million folks go by way of customs every month at JFK.

"I will must be compelled to make onerous choices," Mullin stated. "I'm not going outdoors the insurance policies that Congress handed for me, and we're not making an attempt to push these, however we're saying you have to companion with us."

Mullin additionally warned that sanctuary cities extra broadly could also be in danger below his management of DHS, claiming they're illegal.

"I consider sanctuary cities, it’s not lawful," he instructed Fox Information chief political anchor Bret Baier. "I do not suppose they're ready to do this. And so, we'll take a tough have a look at this."

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President Donald Trump shook fingers with newly sworn-in Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Markwayne Mullin throughout a ceremony within the Oval Workplace on the White Home on March 24, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)

Mullin took the helm of DHS after his predecessor, Kristi Noem , was fired by President Donald Trump March 5, after she carried out Trump’s mass-deportation agenda for greater than a yr.

Trump was reportedly "livid" with Noem saying throughout a Senate listening to that he knew a couple of taxpayer-funded advert contract. The White Home instructed Fox Information Digital Trump didn't know in regards to the contract.

Mullin shared his plans for main the division that has develop into embattled with controversy.

"My job is to empower them [employees] to do their jobs," he defined. "How do I be sure that they've the instruments and the property they want and the manpower they want to have the ability to exit and ship the mission that Congress and the president has tasked us with?"

During his confirmation hearing , Mullin stated one aim is that inside six months, he hopes DHS is not going to be within the headlines each day.

"Proper now, we get extra correspondence from media than the White House does," Mullin revealed.

US Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem testifies throughout a Home Judiciary Committee listening to on oversight of the Division of Homeland Safety on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

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"It’s develop into such a political hotbed. And actually, why is Division of Homeland such a political hotbed? All they're doing is making an attempt to maintain our streets protected, making an attempt to maintain our nation safe, making an attempt to maintain unhealthy actors from having terrorist assaults on the homeland. It needs to be one thing all of us get behind," he added.

Mullin additionally spoke in regards to the ongoing partial authorities shutdown as Congress fails to agree on a funding plan for DHS. He accused Democrats of placing the nation in a weak state amid battle with Iran.

"It’s placing our mission in danger," he stated. "Now we have some very difficult instances proper now."

"How we get previous that is that we have got to place the partisan bickering apart and say, 'What's greatest for America? What's greatest for transferring ahead?'"