'Sanctuary' City Mayor Vows She Will Defy Trump's Mass Deportation Push: 'Causing widespread fear'
Boston Is A Sanctuary City And Does Not Cooperate With ICE
Boston's Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu said in an interview on Sunday that her city won’t cooperate with the looming mass deportation operation from the incoming Trump administration — even as the region sees a number of illegal immigrants with criminal charges released back onto the streets.
Wu was asked in an interview with WCVB about the Trump administration’s plans to launch a mass deportation operation when it takes office in January, and was asked what Boston’s response will be.
"Elections have consequences, and the federal government is responsible for a certain set of actions, and cities, no individual city, can reverse or override some parts of that," she said. "But what we can do is make sure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every possible way, that we are not cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and and having large scale economic impact."
But the state, and the Boston area, have seen a number of
ICE arrests of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, including child sex offenses, but then released back onto the streets.
ICE announced this month that it apprehended a Colombian illegal immigrant, who had been arrested on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude. ICE had filed a detainer against him, but it was ignored, the agency said.
In March, Fox News embedded with ICE officers in Boston and saw them make five arrests, including four alleged
child rapists and a member of MS-13, a group of potential dangerous criminals the officers say were allowed on the streets because of local sanctuary policies that denied the agency’s detainer requests.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her city won't be cooperating with the mass deportation operation ready to be launched by the Trump administration in January.
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