Boston mayor to Bondi on ‘sanctuary’ threats
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Mayor Michelle Wu had harsh words for members of the Trump administration after they asked her to abandon the city's "sanctuary" policies.
BOSTON—The mayor of New England’s biggest city on Tuesday delivered a message to the Trump administration: Hands off. Boston has been a focus of the White House’s illegal-immigration crackdown. The Justice Department this month included the blue city on a revised list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions it says aren’t providing sufficient
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she sent “demand letters” to Boston and 31 other cities and states that she alleges limit police cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday she was ramping up pressure on 32 “sanctuary jurisdictions,” urging them to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts. “I just sent Sanctuary