On May 30 The Department of Homeland Security published a list of 21 New Jersey sanctuary cities on the official government website, only to take it down a few days later. The list was originally meant to intimidate local law enforcement agencies into aiding Trump’s mass deportation raids, but like most of the official actions taken by the current administration, not much thought was put into it. The list was no sooner published than the National Sheriff’s Association started calling for it to be taken down. Seems this list of sanctuary jurisdictions the administration accuses of openly flaunting federal laws was made up out of thin air.

According to the sheriffs, the list was compiled by DHS without any criteria for what comprises a sanctuary city or any method to dispute the government’

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