The US Department of Homeland Security has released its first official list of sanctuary jurisdictions under “Executive Order 14287: Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens,” and among the names is Anchorage.
The designation comes as part of a sweeping directive from President Donald Trump requiring DHS to identify local and state governments that, in the department’s view, obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The list, published publicly for the first time on Wednesday, includes dozens of cities, counties, and states accused of limiting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or providing legal protections to individuals in the country illegally.
Anchorage has positioned itself as a “welcoming city,” a term of art used by former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz in 2017 to emphasize that city services, including police protection, are available to all residents regardless of immigration status.
This stance, while not explicitly declaring sanctuary status, mirrors sanctuary city policies by ensuring illegal immigrants feel safe and protected by the city from immigration officials.
In addition, the Anchorage School District has recently made a policy to prevent immigration enforcement officers from entering any school district property without a fully vetted warrant.
In a sharply worded statement, DHS said sanctuary jurisdictions “deliberately and shamefully obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws,” and accused them of “endangering American communities” by refusing to cooperate with federal authorities. According to the department, Anchorage’s policies restrict communication with federal immigration officers and limit local law enforcement’s ability to comply with ICE detainer requests. This may be in reference to the school district.
“Sanctuary cities protect dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences and put law enforcement in peril,” the DHS release stated. Each jurisdiction on the list, including Anchorage, will receive a formal notice of non-compliance and a demand to revise policies to conform with federal law.
The Municipality of Anchorage has in recent years adopted measures intended to limit local involvement in immigration enforcement, citing concerns about civil rights and community trust.
In particular, city guidelines have restricted police from inquiring about a person’s immigration status or holding individuals solely on federal detainer requests without a judicial warrant.
The list published by DHS is subject to regular updates and may change as jurisdictions modify their policies. According to the department, the inclusion of Anchorage means the city could face administrative consequences, including potential restrictions on certain federal funds if compliance is not restored.
Local officials had not yet issued a response to the designation as of Wednesday evening. The DHS directive makes clear that jurisdictions wishing to be removed from the list must demonstrate full cooperation with immigration enforcement going forward.
Anchorage’s inclusion places it squarely in the national spotlight and in the same category as California, which identifies as a sanctuary state for illegals. Importantly, even Juneau, as liberal as it is, was not included on the list.
We can’t afford our own residents, so let’s add more debt.
more guns by homeowners are needed, plain and simple. we’ll enlist block militias and check for local only residents. with home schooling we can teach our kids early the importance of family values. no need for government over reach, keep it all on the block level.
know your neighbors, keep the lower levels out of our communities, lower property taxes with less cops, school taxes.
free guns to land owners, not mortgage payers to government, own your property. erect fences, get guns, stock ammo. the end times are coming…….for you and your family.
four. You are my worst nightmare, the machismo that drains me of hope.
Stop being such a beta.
You could always leave Alaska.
Anchorage residents have known this for some time. Catholic Social Services has been bringing in people for years. Many cannot support themselves and stretch our social services very thin. While the city touts that we are the most diverse I’m sure that teachers have a hard time teaching when more than half of the students in the classroom are not English speakers. This could be one reason our schools are failing.
Catholic charities are one of the NGOs which traffic illegals with our tax dollars. They and others receive federal funds to house, feed, transport people who should not be here. Some NGOs even coach illegals in how to lie to Border Patrol to falsely claim sanctuary status. I hope President Trump has cancelled all those contracts. It would be great to see him prosecute those involved for immigration fraud.
BSmitty56, take a look at ‘https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations.
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IRS has a pretty simple way of reporting tax-exempt organizations like Catholic Social Services that violate tax-exemption rules.
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IRS could revoke their tax exempt staus and make them pay back taxes on all their income to date.
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It’s worth a try, especially if a number of people report them.
Who is surprised by this? Not me.
Nows our chance to file complaints against city and state officials to the FBI and ICE for obstruction and abetting crime, kind of like a modern day citizens arrest’s.
OOH.. I like that idea. I’m in
Me either! Congratulations Assembly and Mayor! What a honor you all have bestowed on our city. Wish we had Mayor Bronson. Sad how downhill our city has gone.
fk these commies hiding illegals. arrest them on obstruction along with the illegals. ALL of them.
Don’t fret, this too shall never be prosecuted. It will be registered as another “You will be shocked”event, never prosecuted, just ‘Shocked’.
So tired of “Just wait” we have found tons of evidence. So just wait.
My broker advised that I have 13 more annual RMD’s from my retirement, I can hardly “Wait”, I’ll be 100 waiting for a prosecution.
In truth, there will be no shock, no prosecutions, no trials, no convictions, and we will never find out on the $32.7 Billion that disappeared between Trump ‘s taking office and Biden losing the election.
Good luck with being “Shocked”,
A.M.Johnson-Ketchikan
What’s RMD ?
Required minimum distribution.
Better get ginned up on that before you decide to retire. Ignore it, and you will get a big surprise in retirement.
This is good news. It makes it possible for city officials to get themselves arrested and prosecuted by federal officials. That’s one way to get rid of them if they keep getting elected by 6%-12% of the electorate.
“… 6%-12% of the electorate.” = Dumb Anchorage Voters
They aren’t as dumb as the other 78%-94% of Anchorage Voters who don’t bother to vote in muni elections.
Bingo!
Touché!
Know that for a fact or are we trusting the bureaucrats who lie to us about much everything else?
Sigh.
It is interesting to note that voter attendance spikes when the PFD is directly on the line. Then it falls back to “normal” levels of apathy.
Was a DeFacto sanctuary city when Begich was mayor with his lawyer wife representing and advising illegals then and last I heard, still……
Your getting tour libs mixed up. Berkowitz had the attorney wife (now divorced)
Mark Begich’s wife is a small business owner
NOPE…Marlin was right….Berkie’s wife is a part owner of Snow City/Spenard Roadhouse
Why is anyone surprised immigration laws arent being enforced in Anchorage?
Vagrancy, loitering, littering, trespassing, shoplifting, panhandling, public intoxication, drinking and doing drugs in public, public urination and excrementation, public sex acts, assault ALL are not being enforced on a segment of Anchorages population.
Law enforcement in Anchorage has been corrupted by the politicos.
And truth be told – it’s all because of $money$ through the various NGO’s and Non-Profits..
Lol just as corrupt as Trump then, you’d think he would wanna put a golf course there like he did in Qatar. 🤣
Nope
Thank you, Berkowitz, LaFrance and the leftists on the Anchorage Assembly. The Feds see through your obfuscatory language and see your deeds. Woke cuts deep. Anchorage will suffer thanks to your policies. Shame it won’t actually be you who suffers.
Throw the governor of Alaska and the mayor of Anchorage in jail for all I care.
The US Air Force and US Army should restrict all personnel from going into the municipality of Anchorage as being unsafe and irresponsible. Additionally federal leases for land from the military such as Davis Park should be revoked and re-secured for military use only.
Anchorage is unable to maintain a level of civilization acceptable for military personnel and should be relegated to people who find such debauchery desirable.
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First step to removing cartels that voting democrats brought in to Anchorage. Next –
Trump should check Skagway, I think the assembly did that when I was in.
Anchorage is soon to be a full sanctuary city as its now just close to full bore as a WELCOMING CITY
Consequently, Anchorage is a totally unsafe community for all incoming tourists.
Signs are be placed at ANC Intl Airport telling incoming passengers of unsafe travel conditions in Anchorage, signs at the railroad station, & notes on any website for tourist operations, signs on two highways that come into Anchorage showing Homeland Security’s new guidance for travelers’ restrictions.
Anchorage is an UNSAFE city in which to travel STAY AWAY
Please contact Anchorage Mayors office and Anchorage Assembly office for further updates on travel restrictions in Anchorage.
cut & paste ‘https://mustreadalaska.com/just-in-anchorage-listed-on-department-of-homeland-securitys-sanctuary-city-list/
Dear President Trump,
Please take away Municipality of Anchorage and Anchorage School District funding as soon as possible. THANKS.
Agree! I heard Trump was going to take money away from UAA. Im guessing maybe due to DEI or sanctuary policies. They will get what they deserve – which is nothing.
Remember, we have the “immigrant employment and welcome center” funded by the state and the ribbon cutting by Dunleavy. Don’t just blame the creeps in Anchorage, this goes all the way to the top. And even more importantly, NOTHING is going to be done about any of these “elected” officials doing this to our state. This is one of the many reasons why our broken elections need to be exposed and fixed.
Maybe we can get Pam Bondi to investigate the racketeering, misappropriation of funds, and money laundering the assembly has colluded with some LLCs and NGOs in Anchorge to accomplish? That would be epic!
Right…What happened to our African Prince and his food bank/church???
These sanctuary jurisdictions that use the excuse they want to afford police protection to everybody are not being truthful. Everyone already has police protection legal or illegal. They can report crimes to the police and are afforded all other police services. But in the process, if it comes to light your an illegal alien, it may be brought to the attention of immigration. When you enter or remain in a country illegally (not just the US) that’s a risk you take on. But that DOES NOT mean police services are being with held from you.
Anything to distract the transfer of wealth from the US Treasury to the Broligarchs
Go get another clot shot booster, “frank”.
I hear you are overdue for your 27th.
I see Frank has received the downloaded commands from the Democrat Borg Cube “Oligarch!!!! Bawk!!! Oligarch!!! bawk!!!””
That was weak, very weak Frank. Even for you.
If substance was rain, I could stand directly underneath your comment and not even get damp.
Another feather in the assembly and mayor’s cap LOL
We knew that Anchorage had become a sanctuary city years ago! Maybe not on paper but you’d have to be blind or be lining your pockets with cash to not admit the truth!!! You can’t
fool us. The so called Conservative’s have let us down by not voting these shysters out of.
Don’t worry the Assembly will put your taxes in someone else hands.
Good.
I hope the Federal Government stops all funding of all programs Muni wide. I sincerely hope this annoys every taxpayer across the city.
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Until the population endures the consequences of leftist stupidity, they will continue to remain silent. Voter turn out is abysmal because why? The average person does not care about local politics. And, why is that? Because they do not realize how much their local legislature can screw up day to day life. Until they get their noses rubbed in the mess they made, they will not change their behavior.
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And, where are the usually reliable leftists claiming this is proof Trump is literally Hitler? Once again, I am disappointed.
Unfortunately, it may be too late. Young professionals and people with kids take a look around and leave for greener pastures in places like Texas, Arizona, Idaho. Alaska is a sad example of what happens when woke left presidents like Obama commit federal overreach and shut down our economy in the name of conservation, undermining our right to economic self determination.
The disappointment’s loud and clear.
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With respect, we don’t know for a fact voter turnout is abysmal, we’re only told that by unelected officials who work for the people running for re-election.
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Election observers don’t know what they’re observing; nobody outside the system knows how the system actually works, people have critical, reasonable, but unanswered concerns about how it works, voters have no independent way of verifying official results.
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So, trusting election results provided by employees of radical Left politicians seems problematic at best, no?
You are so right.
Mail in voting, and requiring any observers to take and pass training designed by the leftist assembly combined. It is a perfect storm for stealing elections.
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I know way too many conservatives across Anchorage to think these elections are a true representation of what the average resident wants. I will not accuse people of cheating, I am sure it is a LOT of apathy about local politics, but the opportunity to cheat is there. Wide open, and just waiting to be exploited.
I know it’s apathy.
Anchorage has chosen suicide by Californication.
Time to charge those assembly members advocating sanctuary.
I hope that the feds throw the book at the Marxist Nine!
(Or are they now the Marxist Ten?)
I find it ironic that there’s a lot of complaining about Anchorage,
But you all that live there, still vote for these idiots.
All we know about election results and voter trunout is what we’re told by unelected officials who work for Assembly members running for re-election.
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Election observers don’t know what they’re observing; nobody outside the system knows how the system works.
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Now, in this land of the free and home of the brave, is that not ironic?
I really don’t like the left wing trying to make Alaska woke again. ☹️👎 Alaska can’t afford the to travel down the dead end road that is lefty politics. We don’t have that much money in our annual budgets to be wasted on the left’s spending spree’s. The Rino’s in Alaska should fess up that they are leftist including the independent lefties. If you are voting for leftism with every vote that maters, then you are not conservative at all, you’re woke, or woke light. Quit screwing over Alaskans, your wok-ism is unsustainable. Just move to California where you can bask in your lefty wok-ism ideology, and all the negative crap that comes with that agenda. Keep your hands off the dividen fund, it’s not a slush fund for the lefty legislature to take. Hands off!
People like George Martinez are part of the problem.
If you know an illegal, send them over to the Assembly chambers so they can be snuck out the back door.
(same door they throw D. Darden out of)
Then we can arrest the assembly.
From the ADN:
“Anchorage is obviously cooperating, because they’re detaining people in the Anchorage Correctional Center,” Stock said. “If they were a sanctuary city, they wouldn’t allow ICE to (put) people there.”
Shows how LITTLE Mayor Princess Homelessness and her team understand operations. ACC (Anchorage Correctional Complex) is a STATE OF ALASKA operation. Only thing it has to do with Anchorage is the NAME.
She has ZERO authority and control. PLUS, DOC depends on Federal dollars for housing inmates. Feds pay for bed space, used or unused.
I am sure the Mayor and her communication directors know that perfectly well.
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They are counting on the average Anchorage resident to not know that, and think this administration is being unfairly targeted. Unfortunately, I suspect most Anchorage voters are blissfully ignorant, and will actually believe Lafrance.
Bum camps are just a profitable distraction, the tip of an epic racket?
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The epic racket’s human trafficking, child trafficking which, alarmingly, seem to be perpetrated and financed by Anchorage city and school-district officials, facilitated by certain tax-exempt NGO’s (two come to mind)?
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Could the Mayor’s tax-exempt, tiny house thing actually be about housing illegal aliens at physical addresses from which dozens per house can be registered to vote, signed up for PFD’s, SNAP, Social Security, and Medicaid so their “sponsors”, their “payees”, can make lots of money managing their money?
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Bums are sprinkled in just for appearance’s sake because everyone knows they can’t be domesticated, they won’t stay in houses, tiny or otherwise?
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Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case and Department personnel fully support sanctuary-city status, don’t assist ICE, don’t honor ICE detainer requests?
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Anchorage School District officials support sanctuary-city status and don’t assist ICE?
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The ERIC-maintained voter rolls don’t show how many illegal aliens are registered to vote, no one knows how many illegal aliens in Anchorage get PFD’s, SNAP, Social Security payments, and vote, or more to the point, how much of that is done in their names.
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It happens. See ‘https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-agency-uncovers-one-largest-food-stamp-fraud-bribery-schemes. Can this happen in Anchorage when they flood the zone with illegal aliens?
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No one knows how many illegal aliens are signed up for Medicaid, but for some inexplicable reason nobody in city or state government seems eager to find out?
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What percentage of their public-assistance payments must Anchorage’s illegal aliens under NGO or other “care” kick back to their “sponsors” or risk exposure and deportation if they don’t?
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Anchorage School District officials know how many unaccompanied illegal-alien children are in the Anchorage school system because paperwork’s required for every child enrolled in the District, but they won’t share this information with ICE?
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If Anchorage School District officials know how many unaccompanied illegal-alien children are in the Anchorage school system, is this number a close approximation of how many illegal-alien children were trafficked into Anchorage?
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How do Anchorage School District officials know whether young illegal-alien adults passing as children are enrolled in the school system?
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Anyone care to guess how ICE Worksite Enforcement Investigations will go at Anchorage’s big-box stores?
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From the beginning, we expected the vacuous excuse of a Mayor to fail. On this one thing, the Mayor did not disappoint.
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Good news is the Sulte Sales Tax, coming soon, will fix the bum problem, productive residents will pay their fair share, non-profits won’t, and what’s left will build tiny houses …all good, no?
Referencce Morrigan comment #1:
Remember. Our State provides that ALL RESIDENTS, not just citizens, can, according to the current rules, sign up and receive the beloved PFD. It is just an oversight, we are told….
Illegal or not? As a Sanctuary City, “Don’t ask, Don ‘t tell! “
Eligibility regulations at Chapter 23 (5) (A)-(D) show otherwise.
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At ‘https://pfd.alaska.gov/docs/permanentfunddividendlibraries/statutes-and-regulations/2023-statutes-and-regulations.pdf?sfvrsn=70043cac_1 we see:
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Chapter 23. Permanent Fund Dividends.
43.23.005. Eligibility.
(a) An individual is eligible to receive one permanent fund dividend…if the individual
(1) applies to the department;
(2) is a state resident on the date of application;
(3) was a state resident during the entire qualifying year;
(4) has been physically present in the state for at least 72 consecutive hours at some time during the prior two years before the current dividend year;
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(5) is
(A) a citizen of the United States;
(B) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
(C) an alien with refugee status under federal law; or
(D) an alien that has been granted asylum under federal law
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Questions remain:
What’s the process for discovering whether PFD filings are made on behalf of illegal aliens?
How do we know self-appointed guardians-at-litem aren’t filing for PFD’s on behalf of illegals, especially children, then confiscating illicit PFD’s under the pretext of managing illegals’ money?
It’s not just on the list, it’s on the top of the list.
Didn’t the incompetent current mayor and incompetent assembly just say they fully fund the Anchorage School District and it’s publicly self professed anti-immigration enforcement policy Superintendant to the max of their ability with our tax dollars? To me, that alone shows they should both be federally defunded, not to mention their other anti-immigration enforcement actions, beliefs, philosophy.
So strange to come here to watch the contortions of ordinary folks that live in Alaska (not saying they’re more than cheechakos) twisting their panties into wads, as they attempt to deny any indication that they possess hearts and minds.
Your concern about our panties is touching, but your job is simply to return them clean and un-wadded, no?
Mrs. N,
It sounds like you should start up a panty washing and ironing service.
Mrs, N, Sounds like you have a fixation about the undergarments of others… Get help!!!
Mrs. N- Why are you so busy fixating and thinking about contortions and other people’s panties?
Thank Sullivan and Murkowski for once again voting against DOGE for revealing all the corruption within the government. I hope the Governor and the mayor are both arrested for violating federal law and any liberal judge that gets in the way also gets arrested. Time for the liberal “BS” in Alaska to be gutted.