List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website
Jun 1, 2025, 2:54 PM
FILE - A person holds up a sign during a news conference and rally by immigrant justice organizations and advocates protesting ICE arrests in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A list of more than 500 鈥� sanctuary jurisdictions鈥� no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.
The department last week published the list of the jurisdictions. It said each one would receive formal notification the government deemed them uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement and whether they鈥檙e believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes.
The list was published Thursday on but on Sunday there was a 鈥淧age Not Found” error message in its place.
The list was part of the Trump administration鈥檚 efforts to target communities, states and jurisdictions that it says aren鈥檛 doing enough to help its immigration enforcement agenda and the promises the president made to deport more than 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal authorization.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Fox News鈥� 鈥淪unday Morning Futures鈥� that there had been anger from some officials about the list. However, she didn鈥檛 address why it was removed.
鈥淪ome of the cities have pushed back,鈥� Noem said. 鈥淭hey think because they don鈥檛 have one law or another on the books that they don鈥檛 qualify, but they do qualify. They are giving sanctuary to criminals.鈥�
The list, which was riddled with misspellings, received pushback from officials in communities spanning from urban to rural and blue to red who said the list doesn鈥檛 appear to make sense.
In California, the city of Huntington Beach made the list even though it had filed a lawsuit challenging the state鈥檚 immigration sanctuary law and passed a resolution this year declaring the community a 鈥渘on-sanctuary city.鈥�
Jim Davel, administrator for Shawano County, Wisconsin, said the inclusion of his community must have been a clerical error. Davel voted for Trump as did 67% of Shawano County.
Davel thinks the administration may have confused the county鈥檚 vote in 2021 to become a 鈥淪econd Amendment Sanctuary County鈥� that prohibits gun control measures with it being a safe haven for immigrants. He said the county has approved no immigration sanctuary policies.
