DHS Releases List of ‘Sanctuary’ Jurisdictions That Could Lose Federal Funding

More than a dozen states and a slew of cities and counties are listed, all of them at risk of losing federal dollars, including grants and contracts.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand near a gate at Delaney Hall, a newly converted immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, N.J., on May 7, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on May 29 released a list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the nation that could be made ineligible for federal funding under an executive order by President Donald Trump.

The DHS list encompasses counties and cities across 35 states and the District of Columbia with policies deemed as obstructing federal immigration enforcement.