Homeland Security removes 'sanctuary jurisdictions' list from its website

The Department of Homeland Security’s database of "sanctuary jurisdictions" has disappeared from its website. 

The list, unveiled past Thursday, outlined portions of 35 states and the District of Columbia that, according to the DHS, "undermine the regularisation of instrumentality and endanger the lives of Americans and instrumentality enforcement." 

"We are exposing these sanctuary politicians who harbor transgression amerciable aliens and defy national law," the DHS wrote connected X portion announcing the list. 

However, users who now effort to entree the list connected the Department of Homeland Security’s website are greeted with a "Page Not Found" connection and a enactment that "The leafage whitethorn person been moved, deleted, oregon is different unavailable." 

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents locomotion down a thoroughfare during a multi-agency targeted enforcement cognition successful Chicago, Ill., connected Jan. 26. Chicago was listed arsenic a "sanctuary jurisdiction" by the Department of Homeland Security. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

When asked astir the substance connected Monday, a elder Homeland Security authoritative told Fox News Digital, "As we person antecedently stated, the database is being perpetually reviewed and tin beryllium changed astatine immoderate clip and volition beryllium updated regularly."

"Designation of a sanctuary jurisdiction is based connected the valuation of galore factors, including self-identification arsenic a Sanctuary Jurisdiction, noncompliance with Federal instrumentality enforcement successful enforcing migration laws, restrictions connected accusation sharing, and ineligible protections for amerciable aliens," the authoritative added. 

When Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked connected Fox News’ "Sunday Morning Futures" astir the disappearance of the list, she said, "The president enactment retired an enforcement bid that directed america to admit these sanctuary cities and to cooperate with the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to place them and however they are making are jobs overmuch much hard to support America harmless and to marque it a spot that our families tin rise their children again. 

"That database – going guardant – immoderate of the cities person pushed back. They deliberation due to the fact that they don’t person 1 instrumentality oregon different connected the books that they don’t qualify, but they bash qualify," Noem continued. "They are giving sanctuary to criminals due to the fact that they are not backing up our ICE officers, due to the fact that they are not retired determination honoring detainers, they are not letting america cognize erstwhile these unsafe criminals are being released from their courthouses and it's making it overmuch much hard for america to guarantee that these individuals that person breached our laws, that person perpetuated unit are brought to justness and are gotten retired of our country.  

"So that database is perfectly continuing to beryllium utilized and it is going to beryllium identifying those cities and those jurisdictions that aren’t honoring instrumentality and justice," Noem besides said. 

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Kristi Noem, caput of the Department of Homeland Security, is seen during a gathering with President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, successful the Oval Office of the White House connected April 14. (Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Before the database was taken down, DHS said connected its website, "Each jurisdiction listed volition person ceremonial notification of its non-compliance with Federal statutes.  

"DHS demands that these jurisdictions instantly reappraisal and revise their policies to align with Federal migration laws and renew their work to support American citizens, not unsafe amerciable aliens," it added. 

Some of the jurisdictions connected the database received pushback from section officials, according to the Associated Press. 

In California, the metropolis of Huntington Beach made the database adjacent though it had filed a suit challenging the state’s migration sanctuary instrumentality and passed a solution this twelvemonth declaring the assemblage a "non-sanctuary city." 

Jim Davel, head for Shawano County, Wisconsin, told the AP that the inclusion of his assemblage indispensable person been a clerical error. Davel voted for Trump arsenic did 67% of Shawano County. 

Law enforcement is seen walking with an idiosyncratic arsenic helium was detained successful the Bronx during ICE-led operations to apprehend amerciable immigrants connected Jan. 28 successful New York City. Homeland Security besides listed New York City arsenic a "sanctuary jurisdiction." (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Davel thinks the medication whitethorn person confused the county’s ballot successful 2021 to go a "Second Amendment Sanctuary County" that prohibits weapon power measures with it being a harmless haven for immigrants. He said the region has approved nary migration sanctuary policies. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.