Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the city of Boston, its Mayor Michelle Wu, the Boston Police Department and police commissioner over its so-called sanctuary city laws.
The Justice Department said in a press release Thursday that the practices in the Boston Trust Act, enacted in 2014, "interfere with the federal government's enforcement of its immigration laws."
The law allows Boston police to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement only "on issues of significant public safety, such as human trafficking, child exploitation, drug and weapons trafficking, and cybercrimes, while refraining from involvement in civil immigration enforcement," the city said.
"The City of Boston and its mayor have been among the worst sanctuary offenders in America -- they explicitly enforce policies designed to undermine law enforcement and protect illegal aliens from justice," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. "If Boston won't protect its citizens from illegal alien crime, this Department of Justice will."
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