The U.S. Department of Justice listed Colorado and its capital city on its new roster of “sanctuary jurisdictions” this week, two months after a previous — and more expansive — federal list was hastily withdrawn.

Colorado is one of 12 states, plus Washington, D.C., to be included on the list of jurisdictions with “policies, laws, or regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws,” the Justice Department said in a Tuesday announcement. Denver is one of 22 cities and counties across the country to make the list.

No other city or county from Colorado is included this time.

President Donald Trump directed the government to release a list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions in a spring executive order. The Justice Department said its new list would be continually update

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