Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Slams Trump Admin, Vows to Protect Criminal Illegal Aliens

WU: “And I want to emphasize, it’s been a little bit of time, but when I was down in D.C. saying some similar things, it was our city council, led by Council President Ruthzee Louijeune and Councilor Julian Mejia, who ensured that our residents would gather here today back then on the same spot and stand up for our community as well, so I want to thank them for showing up once again.
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We’re here again today because last week, Boston received a letter from the attorney general of the United States on official letterhead from the federal government threatening to prosecute city officials and withhold federal funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
(Audience boos)
At a time when this federal administration is already causing so much fear and harm in our communities, these threats are serious and consequential. But our same communities have told me loud and clear that silence in the face of oppression is not an option.
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The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is. Here is our response: Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
(Cheering and Applause)
Unlike the Trump Administration, Boston follows the law. And Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for. We will not back away from our community that has made us the safest major city in the country and a leading example of why cities around the country make this country safer, healthier and more prosperous for all Americans.
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To all the federal officials attacking communities that embody diversity, creativity and moral clarity. The mayor said this in D.C. nearly six months ago and I’ll say it again today: You are wrong on the law and you are wrong on safety.
(Cheering and Applause)
Most of all, you are wrong on cities. The cities that live in your minds are totally foreign to the residents living in our cities.
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And we are picking up the pieces of your failures to deliver on your promises. Under the Trump Administration, groceries are less affordable, housing is harder to build, cures for cancer are farther away, and good news on our economy has been as hard to find as the Epstein list.”