From Fox News: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu held a raucous press conference in Beantown on Tuesday, daring Attorney General Pam Bondi to follow through on her letters to blue-city leaders threatening federal action over sanctuary city policies.
Wu, a Democrat, accused the Trump administration of being a party that “doesn’t follow the law.”
“At a time when this federal administration is already causing so much fear and harm in our communities, these threats are serious and consequential,” she said. The remarks came after the Trump administration warned it could sue or cut federal funds if cities refused to cooperate on immigration enforcement.
Wu, 40, was born in Chicago, and is the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants.
“The cities that live in your minds are totally foreign to the residents living in our cities. And we are picking up the pieces of your failures to deliver on your promises,” Wu claimed during her raging speech.
“This has always been a city of revolution, of innovation, of standing up for the public good and never bowing down to tyranny. With me today, our fellow public servants and veterans, public safety and faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and labor union members, teachers and business owners, entrepreneurs and artists, youth and seniors,” she continued.
Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.
— Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@mayorwu.boston.gov) August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Refusing to cooperate with the Trump administration’s anti-sanctuary laws, Wu declared, “We’re standing up for Boston and for cities everywhere. View our response to the Trump administration, including remarks translated into Arabic, Cabo Verdean Creole, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.”
We’re standing up for Boston and for cities everywhere.
View our response to the Trump administration, including remarks translated into Arabic, Cabo Verdean Creole, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
— Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@mayorwu.boston.gov) August 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sharing a copy of her letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Wu wrote, “Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.”
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
— Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (@mayorwu.boston.gov) August 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The bizarre press conference featured a Mariachi group that performed in Spanish, a local preacher, and Democrat Sen. Edward Markey (Mass.).
Dem Mayor Wu opens press conference protesting ICE with mariachi band. pic.twitter.com/bXUC91EKF7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 19, 2025
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