RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is playing defense.

The agency is refusing to say why it deleted a list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions from its website. • Screenshots taken by 8News of localities listed prior to DHS deleting the webpage.

Instead, DHS told 8News, “As we have previously stated, the list is being constantly reviewed and can be changed at any time and will be updated regularly.”

The controversy started last Thursday when DHS published a list of localities, including 33 in Virginia, which it claimed were “deliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws and endangering American citizens.”

However, many localities, including uber-conservative Tazewell County, which voted for President Trump by nearly 70 percentage

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