DHS removes list of 'sanctuary' cities
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Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security has taken down a list of dozens of “sanctuary” cities and counties accused of hampering the administration’s mass-deportation efforts after even a pro-Trump law enforcement group denounced the list.
The lineup made waves when it was released, with some local officials saying it contained mistakes.
The list accuses communities of defying enforcement of federal immigration law and threatens the loss of federal grants and contracts.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a list of Hudson Valley and Capital Region counties and cities it said were defying immigration rules.
The Trump administration placed a dozen Massachusetts cities and others across the country on its list of "sanctuary jurisdictions," accusing them of violating federal law.
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Maryland could lose billions in federal funding after being declared a self-identifying “Sanctuary State Jurisdiction” by the Trump administration.
But those criteria don’t explain why some counties that follow the same state laws and seemingly operate their jails and sheriff’s offices the same way as their neighbors, like Douglas County, somehow avoided inclusion while El Paso was branded as a sanctuary.