In May, Huntington Beach was confusingly added to a lengthy Department of Homeland Security list of sanctuary cities — just a few months after the City Council resolutely declared itself a “non-sanctuary city.” That pronouncement is contrary to state law that restricts local law enforcement from using resources to assist immigration enforcement.

The Attorney General’s Office said the list doesn’t specify what makes Minnesota a sanctuary state, “just an assertion with no evidence behind it.”

Washington state and Seattle are not changing their immigration policies despite being identified Tuesday in a Department of Justice sanctuary jurisdictions list of 35 state and local governments that have policies perceived to impede federal immigration law enforcement.