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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — August 6, 2025
Monroe County has been quietly removed from the U.S. Department of Justice’s list of sanctuary jurisdictions, according to an updated list released Tuesday. The change came without explanation from federal officials.
The latest DOJ release, dated August 5, 2025, outlines jurisdictions that the federal government claims “impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.” While the list continues to include states like California and New York, and cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Denver, Monroe County, Indiana—previously listed in earlier versions—has been removed without comment.
The DOJ press release, issued under President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14287, offers no clarification on why Monroe County was removed or what, if any, actions triggered the change. The statement only notes that the list “is not exhaustive and will be updated as federal authorities gather further information.”
Jody Madeira, a law professor at Indiana University Bloomington, told the Herald-Times via email:
“I’m not aware of negotiations with state or local authorities to be removed from the list.”
No formal policy changes have been announced by Monroe County officials.
Monroe County was previously named on the DOJ’s May 6, 2025 list of sanctuary jurisdictions. That earlier listing can be viewed in the DOJ archive here:
The latest updated list, published August 5, 2025, is available here:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-publishes-list-sanctuary-jurisdictions
Executive Order 14287, titled Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens, directs the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security to identify and take legal action against local governments that enact policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, in Tuesday’s release, stated that such sanctuary policies “impede law enforcement and put American citizens at risk by design.”
The Department said it would assist jurisdictions that “desire to be taken off this list,” suggesting they could be removed through cooperation. But with Monroe County’s name quietly dropped—without an announcement from either side—its removal remains unexplained.
“The federal government will assist any jurisdiction that desires to be taken off this list to identify and eliminate their sanctuary policies, so they no longer stand in opposition to federal immigration enforcement,” said the DOJ.
This development comes amid ongoing federal lawsuits against sanctuary jurisdictions, including New York City, and continued political pressure from the Trump administration to enforce strict immigration compliance nationwide.
The post Monroe County Quietly Removed from Federal Sanctuary Jurisdictions List; No Explanation Given first appeared on The Bloomingtonian.
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