Markwayne Mullin Just Told Sanctuary Cities What Will Land at Their International Airports if They Keep Blocking ICE

Antifa protesters barricaded Delaney Hall and locked ICE officers inside their own Newark facility.

Newark police never showed up – not once – after ICE called for backup.

So DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin went on Hannity and revealed the move that has every sanctuary mayor in America panicking right now.

Newark Refused to Respond While ICE Called for Backup

Newark's radical left blocked ICE employees from entering their own facility while Antifa protesters barricaded federal vehicles outside Delaney Hall.

That was Monday night – and not one Newark police officer responded to ICE's calls for help.

Mullin decided he’s done with playing by their rules.

Mullin told Sean Hannity exactly what happened at Delaney Hall, the 1,000-bed ICE detention facility where 125 protesters – many carrying Antifa flags – formed a human chain blocking every entrance and exit on May 24.

ICE called for police assistance.

Nobody came.

"We called for assistance – for the police, because they were barricading the roads and they were trying to get through the gates," Mullin said. "Not one time did the police respond, not a single time did the local P.D. or state police respond to our call for assistance."

DHS ultimately deployed riot gear units to clear the facility entrance.

ICE agents used pepper spray to disperse the crowd and successfully transferred the detained organizer to a facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

The chaos outside Delaney Hall had been building for days – sparked by a reported hunger and labor strike by detainees, which Mullin flatly denied was happening.

He called the entire episode a "political stunt by New Jersey sanctuary politicians for fundraising clicks."

Mullin Told the White House About This Plan

After watching local law enforcement go AWOL while his employees were trapped inside a federal facility, Mullin went straight to the White House.

What he brought back is the kind of leverage that has sanctuary mayors staring at their phones.

"If they're going to not allow us to go out and arrest the worst of the worst – and when we call for assistance at the facilities – the street belonged to the city," Mullin said. "If it belonged to us, we would take care of it, but it belongs to the city and they're barricading our employees from coming in and out of the facility. Then why are we processing international flights into the airport there?"

The answer, according to Mullin: they shouldn't be.

"We are currently drawing up plans to say, in these sanctuary cities where the local, radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities either," Mullin said.

The Justice Department's own list of sanctuary jurisdictions with major international airports reads like a Democratic Party roll call: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle.

Newark is on the list.

Mullin was clear this wasn't an announcement – it was a warning shot.

"We're not initiating yet," he said, "but we're currently drawing up the plans."

These Cities Want Immigration Enforcement on Their Terms

Sanctuary politicians have spent years demanding federal services while treating federal law enforcement like an occupying army.

Now there's a price for that.

Fox News first reported that Mullin raised this possibility publicly in April during a budget dispute with Congress – but at that point, it drew attention without action.

This time it's different.

Mullin confirmed to travel industry executives that the withdrawal of CBP officers from sanctuary airports is under active consideration, and Reuters subsequently confirmed the warning through independent sources.

The U.S. Travel Association – representing airlines, hotels, and car rental companies – said after meeting with Mullin that it now understands the threat is real.

More than 50 million international travelers passed through New York-area airports last year alone.

Mullin accused New Jersey's Democratic politicians – from Governor Mikie Sherrill down to the protesters carrying Antifa flags – of orchestrating the Delaney Hall chaos for political theater.

"Would these sanctuary politicians like to house these criminals in their homes or have them as neighbors?" he asked.

The Democrats calling for Delaney Hall's closure don't have an answer for that question.

But they're about to learn what happens when you block federal law enforcement long enough that Washington stops returning the favor.

Sources:

• Ian Hanchett, "Mullin: We're Drawing Up Plans to Stop Processing International Flights in Sanctuary Cities," Breitbart, May 27, 2026.
• "US Draws up Plans to Halt Immigration, Customs Processing at 'Sanctuary City' Airports," Reuters/US News, May 26, 2026.
• "Mullin Says DHS May Pull Customs Processing from Sanctuary City Airports," Fox News, April 8, 2026.
• "DHS Warns It Could Halt International Travel Processing at Sanctuary City Airports," American Tribune, May 23, 2026.
• "Visitation Suspended at Delaney Hall ICE Facility After Clashes in Newark," Fox 5 NY, May 26, 2026.
• "Sherrill Denied Access to ICE Facility as Detainees Go on Hunger Strike," Washington Examiner, May 25, 2026.
• "Newark Mayor Arrested Outside ICE Detention Center," AOL/Alina Habba statement, 2026.