DHS publishes an inventory of 500 sanctuary cities for ‘obstructing the enforcement’ of Trump’s deportation plans | EUROtoday

The Department of Homeland Security has printed an inventory of a whole bunch of sanctuary cities it claims are “deliberately and shamefully obstructing” the Trump administration’s deportation plans.

An inventory of 500 sanctuary jurisdictions, consists of cities, nations and states throughout the U.S., was posted to the division’s web site Thursday because the administration will increase the stress on communities.

“These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to protect violent criminal illegal aliens,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned.

“Sanctuary jurisdictions including cities, counties, and states that are deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities,” the division mentioned. “Sanctuary cities protect dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences and put law enforcement in peril.”

But many officers hit again after discovering themselves on the record, claiming they’ve been outspoken supporters of the president and his stringent immigration insurance policies.

The record was compiled utilizing plenty of components, together with whether or not the cities or localities recognized themselves as sanctuary jurisdictions, how a lot they complied already with federal officers implementing immigration legal guidelines, if they’d restrictions on sharing info with immigration enforcement or had any authorized protections for folks within the nation illegally, in line with the division.

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Jim Davel, administrator for Shawano County, Wisconsin, mentioned the inclusion of his closely Republican group should be a clerical error.

“We have no idea how we got on this list whatsoever right at this point,” Davel mentioned. “I believe it was only a huge combine up, in all probability some paperwork or one thing.”

But communities said the list doesn’t appear to make sense. In California’s Orange County, the city of Huntington Beach is 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, is not.

Others were confused about how they ended up on the list but reinforced that they welcomed migrants.

Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott said on X that his city is “not a sanctuary city,” noting that city leaders do not control the community’s jails. Jails are a key area where ICE cooperates with local law enforcement authorities so federal agents can be notified when immigrants are going to be released.

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“But we are a welcoming city,” Scott added. “And we make no apologies for that. We are better because of our immigrant neighbors, and are not about to sell them out to this administration.”

The Las Vegas authorities mentioned it believed it was included within the record because of a “misunderstanding.”

“The city of Las Vegas has never designated itself as a sanctuary city,” the assertion mentioned. “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 motion 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,” mentioned Jessica Inez Martínez, director of coverage and coalition constructing at New Mexico Immigrant Law Center.

The Associated Press contributed reporting