Sanctuary Cities Map

Sanctuary Cities Map. Sanctuary policies take many forms, but broadly act to limit the participation of local agencies in helping with federal immigration enforcement For more information about data underlying the map or assistance in starting a local campaign or joining national efforts, contact Lena Graber at lgraber@ilrc.org.

Some of these newly listed sanctuaries are in states that prohibit such policies, such as South Carolina, Indiana, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, and North Carolina. For press inquiries about this map, ILRC's reports on sanctuary policies, or other ILRC information about immigration enforcement, contact Donna De La Cruz at media@ilrc.org

What Are Sanctuary Cities? The New York Times

Sanctuary policies take many forms, but broadly act to limit the participation of local agencies in helping with federal immigration enforcement Some of these newly listed sanctuaries are in states that prohibit such policies, such as South Carolina, Indiana, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, and North Carolina. This map looks at what those policies do, where they are, and just as importantly, where they aren't.

. The above map pinpoints about 500 political jurisdictions that have either formal or informal sanctuary policies. In addition, the center lists 220 cities and counties across the nation as having sanctuary status, which are displayed on the map below.

. I created the Sanctuary Cities List in 2006 and with the help of citizen activists all across the U.S., it has become the most accurate and complete list of sanctuary jurisdictions in the U.S Proponents of sanctuary cities cite motives such as reducing illegal immigrants' fears of deportation, separating of illegal immigrant.