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USA Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Trump administration 'sanctuary jurisdictions' list vanishes after pushback from sheriffs
Trump administration 'sanctuary jurisdictions' list vanishes after pushback from sheriffs The president of the National Sheriffs' Association said sheriffs felt 'betrayed' by the list. Show Caption Hide Caption Tallahassee, Florida ICE raid, detained workers speak from bus. ICE raid took place in Tallahassee, Florida, detained workers speak from bus. The list, created following a Trump executive order, aimed to identify jurisdictions hindering federal immigration laws and potentially withhold their funding. Several sheriffs and county officials, including those from Republican-led areas, disputed their inclusion on the list, citing compliance with ICE. After pushback from sheriffs nationwide, a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" has disappeared from the Department of Homeland Security's website. The list was published last week, about a month after President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to create a list of jurisdictions that have been obstructing federal immigration laws. These jurisdictions would risk their federal funds being terminated or suspended. Greater Cincinnati Republicans were confused after two GOP-controlled counties, Warren County in Ohio and Campbell County in Kentucky, were included on the list. "We have supported ICE's mission since I took office," Warren County Sheriff Barry K. Riley previously told The Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network. "They got this wrong." An official in Campbell County told The Enquirer their inclusion on the list was a mistake. Sheriffs and county officials in several other states were also mystified at being deemed noncompliant. Sheriff Kieran Donahue, president of the National Sheriff's Association, released a statement on May 31 saying sheriffs felt "betrayed" by the list. "DHS has done a terrible disservice to President Trump and the Sheriffs of this country. The President's goals to reduce crime, secure the Borders, and make America safer have taken a step backward," the statement read. "In a meeting today called by the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), with members of DHS, no political appointee for the administration could explain who compiled, proofed, and verified the list before publication." List removed over the weekend The sheriffs' association called on Homeland Security to immediately share the criteria for the list, take it offline and apologize to sheriffs. The list was removed from Homeland Security's website on June 1, according to the Wayback Machine. Sheriff's offices have played a major role in the Trump administration's mass deportation effort by supporting ICE. Across the country, including in Southwest Ohio's Butler County, sheriffs have signed contracts with ICE, allowing agents to use their jails to hold detainees. "This list was created without any input, criteria of compliance, or a mechanism for how to objectto the designation. Sheriffs nationwide have no way to know what they must do or not do toavoid this arbitrary label," the sheriffs' association statement read. The list, which the association blamed on Homeland Security, said "not only violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement, but it also has the potential to strain the relationship between Sheriffs and the White House administration … This decision by DHS could create a vacuum of trust that may take years to overcome." Cincinnati, a Democrat-controlled city, was also included on the now-deleted list. City council did declare Cincinnati a "sanctuary city" in 2017, but the move was symbolic and did not result in any new policies. After the list was published, Mayor Aftab Pureval told The Enquirer the city would continue to follow federal laws and had not been informed why they were deemed noncompliant.
Int'l Business Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Kristi Noem's 'Sanctuary' Cities List Taken Down After Police Org Condemned Her Department's 'Terrible Disservice' to Trump
The Department of Homeland Security, headed by Secretary Kristi Noem, removed a list of sanctuary cities and counties which it initially published in order to accuse local legislators of obstructing the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. The National Sheriffs' Association, a group that consistently supports President Donald Trump, spoke out against the publication of the list on Saturday, calling it "arbitrary". "DHS has done a terrible disservice to President Trump and the Sheriffs of this country. The President's goals to reduce crime, secure the Borders, and make America safer have taken a step backward," the group's president, Sheriff Kieran Donahue of Canyon County, Idaho, said in a statement. "The sheriffs of this country feel betrayed." The association continued to state that the list was "created without any input, criteria for compliance, or mechanism for how to object to the designation." Noem shared the publication of the list last week, accusing representatives and officials of the included cities and counties of hampering federal law. "These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to protect violent criminal illegal aliens," Noem said at the time. "We are exposing these sanctuary politicians who harbor criminal illegal aliens and defy federal law. President Trump and I will always put the safety of the American people first. Sanctuary politicians are on notice: comply with federal law." Sanctuary city policies prevent local law enforcement officers from regularly checking in on people's immigration status, though undocumented immigrants are turned over to immigration authorities if they commit a felony. Trump has referred to these policies as "lawless insurrection" against the federal government, and called for a list of cities which had adopted such policies. While the list published by the DHS included cities which are known sanctuary cities, such as Boston, Chicago, New York City and Denver, it also included cities which had never adopted such policies. "The completion and publication of this list has not only violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement, but it also has the potential to strain the relationship between Sheriffs and the White House administration," NSA's statement continued. "This decision by DHS could create a vacuum of trust that make takes years to overcome." Originally published on Latin Times
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Trump's sanctuary cities list disappears after sheriffs' criticism, 12 Mass. cities on the list
In the face of stiff criticism from a national law enforcement group, the Trump administration withdrew a list published last week of states and cities across the country it said were violating federal law by providing sanctuary to undocumented immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday identified more than 500 communities, including Boston and 11 others in Massachusetts, that it said were 'sanctuary cities' — localities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. But by Sunday, the link to the list on the department's website led only to an empty webpage. The publication drew swift pushback from the National Sheriffs' Association, a group representing more than 3,000 elected sheriffs nationwide, including some whose departments were confused why they had ended up on the list. 'The Sheriffs of this country feel betrayed,' Kieran Donahue, the president of the association, said in a statement Saturday. He said the list lacked input, criteria or a mechanism for appeal, leaving sheriffs with 'no way to know what they must do or not do to avoid this arbitrary label.' The publication 'violated the core principles of trust, cooperation and partnership with fellow law enforcement,' Donahue said, creating a 'vacuum of trust' between federal and local law enforcement 'that may take years to overcome.' 'The list is being constantly reviewed and can be changed at any time and will be updated regularly,' a senior Homeland Security official said in response to a request for comment Monday morning. Federal officials said last week that the 'lawless' jurisdictions identified on the list would be formally notified of the government's belief that they were noncompliant with the law. They would be ordered to change local policies to match the Trump administration's stance on immigration issues or risk losing federal funding or contracts. Proponents of sanctuary policies say they are not only legal but beneficial to public safety as well. By avoiding cooperation with immigration agents on noncriminal matters, they argue undocumented residents feel more comfortable interacting with police, leaving cities safer as a whole. Read more: Sanctuary or not, immigrant fears transcend borders in Chelsea, Revere The Trump administration disagrees. 'These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to protect violent criminal illegal aliens,' U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement Thursday accompanying the list's publication. The list of sanctuary jurisdictions included communities in nearly three dozen states, including all six in New England. In Massachusetts, the communities identified by the Trump administration were: Amherst Boston Cambridge Chelsea Concord Holyoke Lawrence Newton Northampton Orleans Somerville Springfield Boston's sanctuary policy has frequently been singled out by the Trump administration. Under city law, Boston police are barred from asking members of the public about their immigration status or assisting federal agents with civil immigration enforcement. However, the law does not prevent police from assisting immigration authorities with criminal investigations into drugs, weapons, human trafficking or other matters. Read more: Boston's Trust Act: What it is and how it works The government said Massachusetts as a whole also qualified as a sanctuary jurisdiction, potentially referring to a ruling from the state's highest court barring any police department from detaining someone at the request of federal officials without a warrant. The government further listed every county in the state as a sanctuary jurisdiction, excluding Hampden County. Donahue said Trump administration officials could not explain to his organization who developed or verified the list before its publication. In public statements, administration officials were vague on the precise criteria behind the list. They said it was based on a number of factors, including whether the communities self-identified as sanctuary jurisdictions, how much they comply with federal immigration law, whether they had restrictions on information sharing with the immigration enforcement authorities and what protections they provide people in the country without documentation. The sheriffs' association 'believes that the criteria for evaluation used by DHS must be published immediately, and they must provide a legitimate reason to evaluate those not cooperating with ICE and other federal law enforcement agencies,' Donahue said. 'These are not just common-sense efforts; they are urgent necessities.' Boston Mayor Wu lays out safety plan as city enters volatile summer months Man stole police officer's gun, fired it outside Mass General Hospital, officials say Boston Police responding to 'active incident' near Mass General Hospital After serious safety concerns at Boston Calling last year, fans return in 2025 Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Kristi Noem and DHS quietly remove list of Sanctuary cities just days after its launch on web after GOP outcry
The Department of Homeland Security has quietly removed from the web a list of 500 sanctuary jurisdictions around the country it accused of 'shamefully obstructing' the Trump administration's deportation plans after pushback from some GOP strongholds that were included on it. Cities, counties and states across the U.S. were targeted by the department in the list, including those who claimed to be outspoken supporters of President Donald Trump's immigration policies. The National Sheriffs' Association also issued a statement Saturday criticizing the list, saying that it 'lacks transparency and accountability.' Its president, Sheriff Kieran Donahue, said that the list was created without any input from sheriffs and 'violated the core principles of trust, cooperation and partnership with fellow law enforcement.' The list was taken down over the weekend and the original link to the web page now reads: 'Page not found.' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked about it by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. 'I saw that there was a list produced,' Bartiromo said. 'Now, the list I don't see anymore in the media. Do you have a list of the sanctuary cities that are actually hiding illegals right now?' Noem did not directly acknowledge the list being taken down from the department's website. The department previously said the sanctuary jurisdictions 'are deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities.' 'Some of the cities have pushed back,' she said Sunday. 'They think because they don't have one law or another on the books that they don't qualify, but they do qualify. They are giving sanctuary to criminals.' Republican strongholds griped after finding themselves on the list. Jim Davel, administrator for Shawano County, Wisconsin, said the inclusion of his heavily GOP community must be a clerical error. 'We have no idea how we got on this list whatsoever right at this point,' Davel said. 'I think it was just a big mix up, probably some paperwork or something.' Communities said the list didn't make sense. In California's Orange County, the city of Huntington Beach was on the list even though it has sued the state over its policies that protect immigrants and its City Council supports Trump. But the nearby city of Santa Ana, which has policies to protect members of its sizable immigrant community, was not. The Las Vegas government said it believed it was included in the list due to a 'misunderstanding.' 'The city of Las Vegas has never designated itself as a sanctuary city,' the statement said. 'We are not sure why DHS has classified Las Vegas in the manner it has. We hope to have conversations with those at the federal level to clear up this misunderstanding.' Immigrants' rights organizations condemned the administration's action as 'unconstitutional and immoral.' 'Labeling sanctuary policies as 'lawless insurrection' is not only inflammatory—it is legally baseless and a reckless distortion of the rule of law,' said Jessica Inez Martínez, director of policy and coalition building at New Mexico Immigrant Law Center.
Japan Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- Japan Today
DHS removes list of 'sanctuary' cities after sheriffs push back on non-compliant label
By Ted Hesson The U.S. Department of Homeland Security removed a list of "sanctuary" states, cities and counties from its website following sharp criticism from a sheriffs' association that said a list of "non-compliant" sheriffs could severely damage the relationship between the Trump administration and law enforcement. DHS on Thursday published a list of what it called "sanctuary" jurisdictions that allegedly limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The list prompted a response from the National Sheriffs' Association, which represents more than 3,000 elected sheriffs across the U.S. and generally supports federal immigration enforcement. Sheriff Kieran Donahue, president of the association, said in a statement on Saturday that DHS published "a list of alleged noncompliant sheriffs in a manner that lacks transparency and accountability." Donahue said the list was created without input from sheriffs and "violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement." President Donald Trump had called for his administration to tally alleged sanctuary jurisdictions in a late April executive order, saying the lack of cooperation amounted to "a lawless insurrection." The DHS website listing the jurisdictions was offline on Sunday, an issue that Fox News host Maria Bartiromo raised with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on "Sunday Morning Futures." "I saw that there was a list produced," Bartiromo said. "Now, the list I don't see anymore in the media. Do you have a list of the sanctuary cities that are actually hiding illegals right now?" Noem did not acknowledge the list being taken offline but said some localities had bristled. "Some of the cities have pushed back," Noem said. "They think because they don't have one law or another on the books that they don't qualify, but they do qualify. They are giving sanctuary to criminals." Leaders of some cities publicly questioned the sanctuary label this week, including jurisdictions in Southern California, Colorado and Massachusetts. San Diego City Attorney Heather Ferbert told local outlets that San Diego - named on the DHS list - had never adopted a sanctuary policy and that the move appeared to be politically motivated. 'We suspect this is going to be used as additional threats and fear tactics to threaten federal funding that the city relies on," she said. Immigrant advocates and some Democrats say sanctuary policies help build trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement so that residents will be more likely to report crimes. At a hearing before a U.S. House of Representatives committee in March, mayors from Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City said sanctuary policies made their cities safer and that they would always honor criminal arrest warrants. Noem, who shares Trump's hardline immigration views, said the department would continue to use the sanctuary tally. DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The internet archive website Wayback Machine showed the list still online on Saturday. It was not clear when it went offline or whether it was related to pushback from sheriffs. In his statement on Saturday, Donahue specifically called out DHS. '"This is an unfortunate and unnecessary erosion of unity and collaboration with law enforcement and the enforcement of the rule of law at a time when that unity is needed most," he said. "This decision by DHS could create a vacuum of trust that may take years to overcome." Sheriffs play a key role in immigration enforcement, holding alleged immigration violators for federal immigration officers in local jails and providing detention space. The Trump administration last week pushed out two top U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials amid pressure for more arrests and deportations. Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigration agenda, said ICE would be tasked with a goal of 3,000 arrests per day - 10 times the number last year under former President Joe Biden. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Sunday on "Fox & Friends" that the agency hit 1,600 arrests several times last week, the highest levels since Trump took office. "ICE can do more," he said. "We will do more." © Thomson Reuters 2025.
