The Sanctuary Cities, Counties and States the Trump Admin Just Put on Notice:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday named more than 500 cities, counties, and states it considers sanctuary jurisdictions, accusing them of obstructing federal immigration enforcement. The move is part of a renewed push by the Trump administration to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president's mass deportation agenda.
The list, now publicly available on the DHS website, identifies jurisdictions deemed noncompliant with federal immigration laws. Each will receive formal notice from the federal government and could face legal action or loss of federal funding under directives set forth in a recent executive order.
Why It Matters
This announcement escalates the Trump administration's long-standing campaign against so-called sanctuary jurisdictions—communities that limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). By publishing the list and threatening financial penalties or legal consequences, the administration is seeking to force compliance with its immigration enforcement policies ahead of intensified deportation efforts.
Critics say the tactic threatens federalism and undermines trust between immigrant communities and local law enforcement. Supporters argue it's necessary to remove undocumented immigrants—particularly those with criminal records—and restore law and order.
What to Know
The list includes over 500 jurisdictions, identified based on several factors: whether they publicly declared sanctuary policies, restricted information-sharing with ICE, or provided legal protections for undocumented immigrants.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem accused sanctuary leaders of "endangering Americans" by shielding violent criminals, calling them obstacles to law enforcement.
There is no official legal definition for a "sanctuary jurisdiction," but the term often refers to places where local law enforcement doesn't fully cooperate with ICE detainer requests or federal immigration authorities.
Trump's April 28 executive order directs DHS and the Department of Justice to publish this list regularly and find federal grants or contracts to suspend for listed jurisdictions. --->READ MORE HERE
Trump Administration Publishes List of Sanctuary Cities and Counties to Target:
Administration has threatened to pull funding from jurisdictions that don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement
The Trump administration on Thursday named counties and cities in more than 30 states, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, as sanctuary jurisdictions it could go after for not complying with federal immigration laws.
President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding and pursue lawsuits against places that don’t change their practices.
Sanctuary cities place limits on asking residents about their immigration status and on helping federal officials with immigration enforcement. That makes it harder for the administration to arrest people who are in the U.S. illegally and makes Trump’s push for mass deportations more difficult.
Trump in late April ordered the attorney general and the Department of Homeland Security to identify these cities and states within a month.
Several of the administration’s executive orders have called for withholding funds from sanctuary cities, leading to litigation from cities and states. A federal judge in California in April barred the federal government from withholding funds from cities and counties in the state under the executive orders while the case continues.
That judge criticized the failure of the executive orders to define which jurisdictions were sanctuaries.
The DHS list contained counties and cities across New England, and on the West Coast in Washington, California and Oregon, along with jurisdictions in Hawaii and Alaska. Cities and counties in New Mexico, Tennessee, Colorado, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota were also named, as well as Washington, D.C.
“We are exposing these sanctuary politicians who harbor criminal illegal aliens and defy federal law,” said DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. --->READ MORE HERE or HERE
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