WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Homeland Security official during President Donald Trump’s first administration who authored an anonymous op-ed sharply critical of the president is calling on independent government watchdogs to investigate after Trump ordered the department to look into his government service.

A former Homeland Security official during President Donald Trump’s first administration, who authored an anonymous op-ed sharply critical of the president,

Miles Taylor, a former deputy chief of staff in the Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump administration who wrote an op-ed criticizing President Trump, said the president is creating a “modern blacklist.

Huntington Beach was listed on a since-removed Department of Homeland Security list of sanctuary cities that were “defying federal immigration law” late last week, something Mayor Pat Burns called either a misprint or a serious mistake.

Homeland Security pulled down the list of cities the Trump administration labeled as 'sanctuary' after backlash from local law enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has removed a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" from its website that included Orleans and Barnstable County.