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DHS Secretary Floats Pulling Customs From Sanctuary City Airports — JFK, LAX, O’Hare And SFO Lose All International Flights

by Gary Leff

Apr 07 2026

The new DHS secretary says the administration is “looking at” pulling Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in sanctuary cities, which would shut those airports off from international arrivals. The idea is absurd by the standards of the administration’s own policy goals. Many of the airports are not even in the cities being targeted, and cutting off major hubs like JFK, LAX, or O’Hare would ripple far beyond red-blue politics into the entire U.S. air travel system and economy.

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Key Senate Aviation Democrat Demands TSA Bring Back Shoe Removal — That’s Dangerous Security Theater

by Gary Leff

Apr 03 2026

A key Senate aviation Democrat wants TSA to make Americans take their shoes off again at security checkpoints, reviving one of the most visible rituals of post-9/11 airport screening even though there is no clear evidence the policy ever stopped another plot. It’s a distraction when the agency still misses dangerous items and regulates itself.

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DFW Chapel Hosts Muslim Prayer — Conservative Influencer Calls It ‘Basically A Mosque’

by Gary Leff

Apr 02 2026

A conservative influencer walked into a Dallas–Fort Worth airport chapel during Muslim prayer and emerged claiming the space was “basically a mosque,” pointing to prayer rugs and the lack of Christian symbols. But the bigger reality is less dramatic: DFW’s chapels are multi-faith spaces, Friday Muslim services there are longstanding, and in an era when relatively few Americans pray while traveling, the people most likely to make regular use of airport worship space are often the ones most visibly committed to doing so.

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Trump Orders TSA Paid Without Congress — Screeners Get Paychecks Monday

by Gary Leff

Mar 27 2026

President Trump ordered the government to pay TSA screeners even though House Republicans refused to take up a Senate funding bill, and DHS now says officers will get paychecks on Monday. The move may ease the immediate airport staffing crisis after weeks of unpaid work, rising absences, and hundreds of TSA resignations, but it’s also probably illegal – though may not be challenged.

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Austin Airport Is Building A Bused Six-Gate Remote Terminal — Which Airlines Will Wind Up There?

by Gary Leff

Mar 27 2026

Austin is building a six-gate remote terminal on the west side of the airfield, with passengers bused over from the main terminal and only limited concessions inside. City officials say Concourse M is for overflow, diversions, and construction relief, but with the airport already tight on gate space, the bigger question is which airlines may wind up using it for regular flights.

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