Democratic-led cities like Boston and Chicago are not standing down after becoming White House targets when it comes to crime and immigration. There is mounting pressure from the White House and Border Czar Tom Homan about a possible surge of ICE agents into Boston.“What we are seeing is a power grab that goes beyond the boundaries of the law,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said. “We’re going to take the assets we have to sanctuary cities where we know they’re releasing illegal aliens to the streets every day,” Homan said.A crackdown may be coming to Chicago as soon as this week. However, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order to keep Chicago police from working with federal resources.“This order affirms the Chicago Police Department will not collaborate with military personnel on police patrols or immigration enforcement,” Johnson said.The National Guard has already had a notable presence on the streets of Washington DC for several weeks at the president’s behest. “It’s un-American if you ask me. Invading a city with troops. A U.S. president invading an American city. I’m 60 years old,” Illinois governor JB Pritzker said. “I’ve never heard of such a thing. It shouldn’t happen.”Wu says the city is preparing for a surge in immigration enforcement.“Boston is the safest city in the country and we are making progress that goes against everything the Trump administration stands for,” Wu said.For years, Boston has upheld a law called the Boston Trust Act, which keeps local police from detaining immigrants to be deported by ICE, unless there is a criminal warrant issued for their arrest.
Democratic-led cities like Boston and Chicago are not standing down after becoming White House targets when it comes to crime and immigration.
There is mounting pressure from the White House and Border Czar Tom Homan about a possible surge of ICE agents into Boston.
“What we are seeing is a power grab that goes beyond the boundaries of the law,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said.
“We’re going to take the assets we have to sanctuary cities where we know they’re releasing illegal aliens to the streets every day,” Homan said.
A crackdown may be coming to Chicago as soon as this week. However, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order to keep Chicago police from working with federal resources.
“This order affirms the Chicago Police Department will not collaborate with military personnel on police patrols or immigration enforcement,” Johnson said.
The National Guard has already had a notable presence on the streets of Washington DC for several weeks at the president’s behest.
“It’s un-American if you ask me. Invading a city with troops. A U.S. president invading an American city. I’m 60 years old,” Illinois governor JB Pritzker said. “I’ve never heard of such a thing. It shouldn’t happen.”
Wu says the city is preparing for a surge in immigration enforcement.
“Boston is the safest city in the country and we are making progress that goes against everything the Trump administration stands for,” Wu said.
For years, Boston has upheld a law called the Boston Trust Act, which keeps local police from detaining immigrants to be deported by ICE, unless there is a criminal warrant issued for their arrest.
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