DHS Removes Sanctuary City List After Criticism From Sheriffs

Jurisdictions identified as sanctuaries could be eligible to lose federal funding.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks in Washington in a file photograph. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 1 removed a previously published list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States, which were accused of failing to comply with federal immigration law.

The move comes following criticism from a national sheriffs’ group that has mostly been supportive of President Donald Trump’s tough-on-crime policy approach.