The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has removed the list of “sanctuaries,” cities and counties from its website, after the association’s harsh criticism that “non-compliance” sheriffs could seriously damage the relationship between the Trump administration and law enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security released a list Thursday that includes so-called shelter jurisdictions, which are included in policies that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The list prompted a response from the National Sheriffs Association, which represents more than 3,000 elected sheriffs nationwide and generally supports federal immigration enforcement.

The association’s president, Sheriff Kieran Donahue, said in a statement Saturday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a “list of allegedly non-compliant sheriffs in a way that lacks transparency and accountability.” The list was created without the sheriff's opinion and "violates the core principles of trust, cooperation and working with law enforcement officers."

Donald Trump called on his administration to count obvious asylum jurisdictions in an executive order in late April, saying a lack of cooperation constitutes “inability to insurgency.”

The DHS website lists the jurisdictions' website offline on Sunday, which was proposed by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the talk show "Sunday Morning Futures."

“I saw that there was a list,” Batiromo said. "Now, I don't see any more in the media. Do you have a list of sanctuary cities that actually hide non-legal persons?"

Noem does not acknowledge that the list is listed offline, but says some places are already cumbersome.

"Some cities have been pushed down," Noam said. "They think that because they don't have one law or another law on books that they don't have, but they do qualify. They're providing asylum to criminals."

Leaders of some cities have publicly questioned the Sanctuary tag this week, including jurisdictions in Southern California, Colorado and Massachusetts.

San Diego City Attorney Heather Ferbert told local media that San Diego (named on the DHS list) never adopted an asylum policy, and the move seemed to be politically motivated.

“We suspect this will be used as an additional threat and fear strategy to threaten the federal funding the city relies on,” she said.

Immigration advocates and some Democrats say asylum policies help build trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement so residents are more likely to report crimes.

During a U.S. House Committee hearing in March, the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York, who voted majority, said the shelter policy made their cities safer and they would always respect criminal arrest warrants.

Noem, who shared Trump's tough anti-immigration views, said the department will continue to use the shelter. DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Internet archive website Wayback Machine shows a list of still online on Saturday.