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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has highlighted more than 500 jurisdictions across the United States that it considers as non-compliant with federal immigration enforcement initiatives. These jurisdictions, referred to as "sanctuary jurisdictions," are under scrutiny as the Trump administration aims to intensify pressure on communities deemed as obstacles to the president's mass deportation agenda.
On Thursday, the DHS publicly released the list of these jurisdictions. In Upstate New York, cities such as Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and counties including Albany, Dutchess, Monroe, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Saratoga, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Wayne, Westchester, and Yates were identified. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Philadelphia, along with Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania, and Burlington and Cumberland Counties in New Jersey were also designated. Other locations included California, North Dakota, and numerous cities and counties nationwide.
The compilation of the list was based on factors such as self-identification as sanctuary jurisdictions, compliance with federal immigration enforcement, restrictions on information sharing, and legal protections for undocumented immigrants. However, the list has received criticism for errors and vague methodology.
Excluded from the list were counties in North Dakota that are generally supportive of President Trump's policies. Additionally, even though it does not adhere to typical sanctuary policies, Huntington Beach in California was listed. The specific details for each region are not consistently detailed in available sources.
- The release of the DHS list has sparked debates in policy-and-legislation and general-news circles, as critics question the consistency and methodology of designating certain jurisdictions as non-compliant with federal immigration enforcement initiatives.
- Despite being generally supportive of President Trump's policies, some counties in North Dakota were excluded from the DHS list, raising questions about the political implications of the policy's implementation and matching with the administration's mass deportation agenda.
