The president of the National Sheriff’s Association said the sheriff felt “betrayed” by the list.
Florida ice attack, Tallahassee, detained workers speak from the bus.
The ice attack took place in Tallahassee, Florida, and workers detained say from the bus.
- The list, which was created following Trump’s executive order, is intended to identify jurisdictions that hinder federal immigration laws and may withhold funds.
- Several sheriffs and county officials, including people from the Republican-led community, fought for inclusion on the list, citing ICE compliance.
After a push from sheriffs across the country, the list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” disappeared from the Department of Homeland Security website.
The list comes about a month after President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week directing the Department of Judiciary and Homeland Security to create a list of jurisdictions that are obstructing federal immigration laws. These jurisdictions will risk federal funds being terminated or suspended.
Cincinnati Republicans were confused after two GOP-controlled counties, Warren County in Ohio and Campbell County in Kentucky, were on the list.
“Since Ice’s mission has been supported,” Warren County Sheriff Barry K. Reilly previously told Enquirer, part of the USA Today Network. “They made this wrong.”
Campbell County officials told Enquirer their inclusion on the list was wrong.
Sheriffs and county officials from several other states were also shrouded in mystery as being considered a violation.
Sheriff Kieran Donohue, president of the National Sheriff’s Association, issued a statement on May 31 that she felt the sheriff was “betrayed” to the list.
“DHS caused terrible damage to President Trump and the sheriffs of this country. The president’s goal of reducing crime, securing borders and making America safer has been a step back,” the statement read. “At a conference called Today, the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) with members of the DHS, the administration’s political appointees were unable to explain who edited, proved, and verified the list prior to its release.”
It was deleted over the weekend
The Sheriff’s Association called on Homeland Security to immediately share the listing standards and take them offline to apologise to the sheriff. According to Wayback Machine, the list was removed from the Homeland Security website on June 1st.
The sheriff’s office has played a major role in the Trump administration’s massive deportation efforts by supporting the ice. All over the country, including Butler County in southwestern Ohio, sheriffs have signed contracts with ICE, allowing agents to use prisons to retain detainees.
“This list was created without a mechanism for how to oppose input, compliance standards, or designation. Sheriffs across the country have no way of knowing whether this arbitrary-aware label should be avoided,” a statement from the Sheriff Association read.
The list the association’s condemned homeland security states that “not only violated core principles of trust, cooperation and partnership with fellow law enforcement, it could also burden the relationship between the sheriff and the White House administration.
Cincinnati, a city controlled by the Democratic Party, was also now included in the deleted list. The city council declared Cincinnati a “sanctuary city” in 2017, but the move was symbolic and not a new policy.
After the list was released, Mayor Aftab Pureval told Enquirer that the city was following federal law and was not informed why they were deemed considered non-integrators.
