Officials across Greater Boston say they’re trying to overcome loads of “misinformation” amid President Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu accusing
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her administration feels “very strongly that we’re on solid legal ground” in being a sanctuary city and is still reviewing a letter it received from Congress on getting called to testify on such policies.
Mayor Michelle Wu is weighing how to respond to a call from congressional Republicans for her and other Democratic mayors to testify on Capitol Hill over their local immigration policies.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was one of four mayors called before the House's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to testify on their status as sanctuary cities.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been called upon to testify at an upcoming hearing on so-called "sanctuary cities."
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu brought her newborn daughter to work at City Hall on Tuesday. Mira Wu Pewarski was born on Jan. 13 at 2 p.m., weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measuring 20 inches. She is the third child of the mayor and her husband, Conor.
The Boston mayor is “evaluating” a letter she received Monday from U.S. Rep. James Comer, asking her to testify in a federal hearing investigating her noncompliance with federal immigration policy.
The results, which will be available soon, will likely show a rise in homelessness, similar to last year's 10 percent increase.
Dozens of people rallied at the State House in support of the Safe Communities Act, which would further limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, along with mayors from Denver, New York and Chicago, was called to testify before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee regarding sanctuary city
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says her administration feels “very strongly that we’re on solid legal ground” in being a sanctuary city and is still reviewing a letter it received from Congress on getting called to testify on such policies.