<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australians would not be able to fly into the most popular entry points to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> under a plan proposed by the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Trump administration"><span>Trump administration</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A proposal from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-replaces-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-with-markwayne-mullin/e598d627-be2c-4e3e-b96b-33ce598f6822" rel="" target="" title="Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin"><span>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin</span></a><span> would stop "sanctuary cities" from being able to host international airports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A "sanctuary city" is a place where local law enforcement does not hand over undocumented migrants to federal authorities for deportation.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/tom-kean-missing-congressman-representative-usa-politics-news/28a222e5-489f-48ac-9c60-83acfd8cd663" rel="" target="" title="Congressman hasn't been seen for 12 weeks, won't say why"><strong><span>Congressman hasn't been seen for 12 weeks, won't say why</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Why are we processing international flights into the airport there?" Mullin told Fox News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're currently drawing up plans to say, listen, these sanctuary cities where the local radical-left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our jobs and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities either.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Because they don't want us to enforce immigration, but they want us to process immigration at their facilities."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/us-international-flights-direct-from-australia-markwayne-mullin-donald-trump-los-angeles-san-francisco/e20bbfd8-cb36-49e5-881d-da521cf48745" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Such a policy would be a major inconvenience for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/us-carrier-united-airlines-to-offer-south-australian-residents-direct-flights-to-the-us/8b0969cc-a92f-4ffc-ae51-18a058960d38" rel="" target="" title="Australians travelling to the United States"><span>Australians travelling to the United States</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/los-angeles" rel="" target="" title="Los Angeles"><span>Los Angeles</span></a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/san-francisco" rel="" target="" title="San Francisco"><span>San Francisco</span></a><span> are both considered sanctuary cities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Most Australians flying to the US land in either of those California cities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The only current direct route to the US mainland from Australia is to Dallas, which would not be affected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ken-paxton-john-cornyn-texas-primary-senate-election-results-james-talarico-us-politics-news/30df77e4-6968-41dd-bdf7-7abe24e83ea3"><strong><span>Trump's handpicked candidate may cost his party their most important state</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the flight is two hours longer than Los Angeles and only flies from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Which means if an Australian family wanted to go to Disneyland, they would need to fly 16 hours from Sydney to Dallas, then double back to Los Angeles on a three-hour flight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alternatively, they would have to do a stopover in Hawaii.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Direct routes to New York and Boston from Auckland would also be blocked under this policy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other Australian flight to North America, Sydney to Vancouver, would not be a viable stopover alternative because flights from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/canada" rel="" target="" title="Canada"><span>Canada</span></a><span> to the US would also be affected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Cutting off New York, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and other major ports of entry/departure from international flights would be the biggest self-inflicted wound to our economy since closing the Strait of Hormuz," US economist Patrick Chovanec said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The costs would be ridiculous.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's really such an impressively stupid idea, I'm kind of in awe."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other sanctuary cities include Seattle, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans and Philadelphia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jill-biden-joe-biden-debate-stroke-donald-trump-presidential-election-2024-usa-news/2e702b78-edd8-4b8d-8595-4ca2d99daf0a" rel="" target="" 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