Originally Posted by rickair7777

Just talk. States cannot limit access to US citizens, they'd have to resign from the union to kick all the tourists out (absent an emergency excuse like covid). I guess let I'd 'em go if they wanted to... they can have the place mostly to themselves, albeit with a much lower GDP. They could still make some decent money by leasing the Pearl Harbor complex and the other military facilities back to us (that would be non-negotiable anyway).