Boston Mayor Michelle Wu fired back at U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over threats to get leaders of Democratic-leaning cities to comply with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
“Here is our response: Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures,” Wu said during a Tuesday press conference. “Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law, and Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.”
In a letter from Wu to Bondi also released Tuesday, the mayor hailed Boston as a “beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone” in her formal response to Bondi giving so-called sanctuary jurisdictions one week to comply with federal immigration laws or face Department of Justice action.
“You are hereby notified that your jurisdiction has been identified as one that engages in sanctuary policies and actions that thwart federal immigration enforcement to the detriment of the interests of the United States,” read last week’s letter from Bondi. “This ends now.”
Bondi sent near-identical letters, dated Aug. 13, to mayors of 32 cities and a handful of county executives for jurisdictions that generally refuse to assist with federal immigration raids.
