Fox News: Boston mayor defends sanctuary city status from 'bullies,' 'presidents who think they are kings'

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Boston mayor defends sanctuary city status from 'bullies,' 'presidents who think they are kings'

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu used her recent State of the City address to blast President Donald Trump and Republicans' efforts to enforce federal immigration laws.......                    ...                        ...The White House blasted Boston's Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu after she doubled down on her vow to protect illegal immigrants from deportation in her third annual State of the City Address.......As President Donald Trump works to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations, he has met stiff resistance from blue cities and states, including "sanctuary" cities — those that do not cooperate with ICE requests that detained illegal immigrants with criminal charges or convictions be transferred to ICE custody. ......Wu is one such example of a local leader resisting Trump's efforts, having You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login with a local out in November, "We are not cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having large-scale economic impact." ......But Boston and surrounding areas have seen a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login amid the migrant crisis. Between August and December, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officials arrested 26 illegal migrants in the Boston area for sex crimes against children ranging from child rape to sexual assault to distributing child pornography.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......This has not dissuaded Wu from blasting the Trump administration and Congress for its efforts to enforce immigration laws, however. ......In early March, Wu and three other You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login by the House Committee on Oversight and Government over their policies.......During her State of the City address, she spoke about her congressional testimony, recalling, "Two weeks ago, I went down to D.C. because Congress had some questions about how we do things here in Boston. It might have been my voice speaking into the microphone that day, but it was 700,000 voices that gave Congress their answer: This is our city."......"No one tells Boston how to take care of our own. Not kings, and not presidents who think they are kings. Boston was born facing down bullies," she added.......She noted that while she was in D.C., she kept an eye on what was happening back in Boston, where she was pleased to see locals protesting with signs reading, "We stand with immigrants," "You belong here," "Somos una ciudad de inmigrantes" [We are a city of immigrants], and "Boston doesn't back down." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She extolled Boston's virtues as a city, describing it as a "family" that sticks together and defends its own, including illegal immigrants......."We are a city where the Irish coffee is strong, and our opinions are stronger," she said. "We may not always agree or see eye-to-eye, but at the end of the day, we are a family. If you come for one of us, you will get all of us. We are a city that knows our strength is each other, and we will defend the people we love with all that we've got. When the weight of the world presses down, Boston stands up."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The White House responded Thursday with a statement headlined, "Boston's Radical Mayor Puts Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens First."......The statement blasted You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for having "doubled down on giving sanctuary to violent criminal illegal immigrants." ......It proceeded to share "just a few examples of the criminals recently arrested by ICE Boston that Mayor Wu is defending," with a list of links to stories about the arrests of migrants in the city, including gang members accused of various heinous crimes, ranging from the rape of a minor to armed robbery and use of deadly weapons......."This begs the question: Why is Mayor Wu intent on defying the will of the American people and obstructing the Trump Administration's efforts to remove these monsters from our streets?" the statement concluded....

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