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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order that seeks to put pressure on the Trump administration to shed light on ICE’s “secret police tactics” that she says have been used in the city and country as part of the feds’ immigration crackdown.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that her administration would formally request information from the federal government about people being arrested by ICE in the city. She cited a troubling lack of transparency from the Trump administration about who is being detained and why.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu went on offense against the Trump administration, declaring she signed an executive order asking ICE to provide information on who they are arresting in the city. WBZ-TV's Louisa Moller reports.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu went on offense against the Trump administration, declaring she signed an executive order asking ICE to provide information on who they are arresting in the city.
At the press conference Tuesday, Wu again said ICE has used "secret police tactics" across the country during immigration enforcement.
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Boston Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph faces a misconduct hearing after allegedly allowing an illegal alien evade ICE capture and escape a courthouse.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and city officials held a news conference on their response to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Wu has signed an executive order demanding more transparency from ICE.
The Boston protest was one of many across the country in support of David Huerta, president of the California SEIU, who was detained by federal officials in Los Angeles on Friday.
The Department of Homeland Security said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's comments comparing ICE agents to a New England-based neo-Nazi group are "sickening."
Demonstrators will gather Monday in Boston's City Hall Plaza to protest ICE activities after a weekend of tumult on the West Coast.