French police officers were seen watching Saturday as migrants boarded at a beach in Gravelines, between Calais and Dunkirk, and authorities were then pictured escorting the boats. French authorities said they rescued 184 people.
The list is part of the Trump administration’sto help its immigration enforcement agenda and the promises the president made to deport more than 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal authorization.
The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. attorney general will send them official notice to the 500 jurisdictions on the list “regarding its defiance of Federal immigration law enforcement and any potential violations of Federal criminal law,” according to an executive order fromThe list could be updated when the administration receives new information, but those that remain on the list could face serious financial consequences, including suspended or terminated federal grants and contracts by the Office of Management and Budget.It is not clear what legal actions the government will pursue.
In response to questions Friday about the list, the Department of Homeland security reiterated that it was compiled using a number of factors, including whether the localities identified themselves as sanctuary jurisdictions, how much they complied with federal officials enforcing immigration laws, if they had restrictions on sharing information with immigration enforcement or had any legal protections for people in the country illegally.The agency noted in an email that the list will be updated regularly.
But experts said it was difficult to understand the criteria used to make the list.
“It seems quite arbitrary because not all of these states or specific jurisdictions have a policy that limits cooperation with ICE,” said Nithya Nathan-Pineau, an attorney with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.Trump said in January that
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