The state of Oregon and 19 of its counties and cities appeared on a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” published by the Trump administration last week before federal officials quickly deleted the inventory after facing blowback.

President Trump signed an executive order in April requiring federal officials to publish a catalogue of jurisdictions nationwide that “obstruct the enforcement” of federal immigration laws. After disclosing the list, each government was supposed to receive an official notice and a demand to revise local laws or face the threat of lawsuits and losing federal money.

But the inventory, published by federal officials last Thursday, puzzled many local leaders across the nation and got yanked offline by Sunday.

At least five jurisdictions in Oregon said they didn’

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