DENVER (KDVR) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a sanctuary jurisdiction list of areas across the country, including 14 cities and several counties in Colorado, that are allegedly defying immigration laws.

On Thursday, the department posted a list of more than 500 jurisdictions across the country on its website as part of the executive order "Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens." The department said the order requires a list of jurisdictions obstructing federal immigration laws, also known as sanctuary jurisdictions.

Sanctuary jurisdictions are considered cities, counties and states that obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws and "protect dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences," according to the department.

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