An American sign of the Department of Internal Security is displayed at the American customs and border protection headquarters on May 18 in Washington, DC
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The Ministry of Internal Security has deleted a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” a few days after the agency published it on its website.
The list included dozens of cities and counties in 37 states and the Columbia district which, according to DHS Non-compliance with federal laws.
“The DHS demands that these jurisdictions examine and immediately revise their policies to align themselves with federal immigration laws and renew their obligation to protect American citizens, not dangerous illegal foreigners”, ” The DHS page indicated.
The list, which posted at the end of last week and fell on Sunday, was supposed to be the last stage of the Trump administration effort to postpone local municipalities which, according to them, obstruct its objectives to increase the arrests and deportations linked to immigration. Since the start of the administration, the mayors and governors of the cities considered as “sanctuaries” have been called upon to testify to the congress and federal agencies have sought to slow down the federal resources of these areas.
In practice, sanctuary jurisdictions prohibit local police to help federal immigration officials on immigration -related operations.
But the list was quickly faced with intense criticism from mayors and police in the reasons why they had been included. During the weekend, the president of the sheriff of the National Association of Sheriffs Kieran Donahue DHS accused of lacking transparency and responsibility in the way the list has been compiled.
“This list has been created without any contribution, conformity criteria or mechanism to oppose the designation. Sheriffs on a national level have no way of knowing what they should do or not to avoid this arbitrary label,” said Donahue, calling the DHS to delete the list. “This DHS decision could create a confidence vacuum that could take years to overcome.”
Local leaders across the country have also raised problems with their inclusion on the list. Mayors of Boisse, Idaho, And San DiegoFor example, were surprised to see their cities named. The leaders of Colorado also raised concerns; Aurora was Deleted before the publication of the list.
President Trump published a Executive decree on April 28 This ordered the Ministry and the Attorney General to publish a list of local states and jurisdictions “to hinder federal police and inform each sanctuary competence of its non-compliance, offering the possibility of correcting it.”
“Some cities have rejected. They think that because they do not have a law or another in the books that they are not eligible but that they qualify,” said DHS secretary Fox Sunday morning future.
The list, a senior DHS official, said in a statement at NPR, is constantly examined, can be changed at any time and will be “regularly” updated.
“The designation of a sanctuary jurisdiction is based on the evaluation of many factors, in particular self-identification as sanctuary jurisdiction, non-compliance with federal police in the application of immigration laws, restrictions on information sharing and legal protections for illegal foreigners,” said the Declaration of the Manager.
Since its entry into office, the Trump administration has taken measures to retaliate against the courts, it has considered the “sanctuary”. For example, citizenship and immigration services in the United States have ended the coordination of naturalization ceremonies with “sanctuary cities that restrict the capacity to apply the law to cooperate with the DHS – in dedeeling the rule of law – to apply immigration laws and to keep American communities away from illegal and violent extraterrestrials.
The administration has sworn to Examine federal aid in the event of a disaster and other assets This goes to “sanctuary jurisdictions”. The deduction of funding caused prosecution of 16 jurisdictions. A The judge blocked the move.
The administration has also taken cities to court policies It indicates limiting cooperation with the immigration authorities.
