'Boston will not back down': mayor hits back at Trump officials' sanctuary city threats [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Michelle Wu replies to attorney general’s letter threatening prosecution for ‘undermining’ immigration enforcement

Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu has hit back sharply at the Trump administration’s legal threats over sanctuary city immigration policies, declaring that “Boston will not back down”.

Wu told a news conference outside Boston’s city hall on Tuesday: “The US attorney general asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures. Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law. And Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.”

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And blasting the Trump administration’s “false and continuous attacks on American cities”, Wu said cities like Boston were being “targeted by this federal administration for our refusal to bow down to unconstitutional threats and unlawful coercion”. “Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone,” she wrote.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/boston-sanctuary-cities-michelle-wu-trump-administration

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Driving on I-90 towards Boston this morning, I saw two small military convoys - one with lots of personnel off the shoulder with individuals relieving themselves in the grass.