Boston is about to be ‘flooded’ with federal immigration officials after Mayor Michelle Wu took a defiant tone with the Trump administration about its sanctuary policies.
“We’re definitely going to, as you’ve heard the saying, flood the zone, especially in sanctuary jurisdictions,” Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Wednesday on “The Howie Carr Show.”
“Boston and Massachusetts decided to say that they wanted to stay [a] sanctuary,” he continued. “Sanctuary does not mean safer streets. It means more criminal aliens out and about the neighborhood. But 100 percent, you will see a larger ICE presence.”
On Tuesday, Wu pushed back on a letter Attorney General Pamela Bondi sent to dozens of cities and a handful of states across the country urging them to comply with federal law or face consequences.
“On behalf of the people of Boston, and in solidarity with the cities and communities targeted by this federal administration for our refusal to bow down to unconstitutional threats and unlawful coercion, we affirm our support for each other and for our democracy,” Wu wrote to Bondi. “Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone.”
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reiterates that she WILL NOT COMPLY with the Trump admin and the DOJ to cooperate with ICE, says deporting criminal illegals is “oppression”
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 19, 2025
DEFUND BOSTON AND CHARGE MICHELLE WU
. @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov pic.twitter.com/A84Dbbs3d0
Fox News's Bill Melugin pointed out who Wu was defending.
MORE:
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 19, 2025
- MS-13 gang member/Guatemalan illegal alien Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez charged in Boston w/ possession of a high capacity weapon & drugs & released into the community w/ ICE’s detainer ignored.
- Dominican illegal alien Daniel Encarnacion-Sanchez, arrested by Boston PD… pic.twitter.com/DTdzWrHPce
More, including several illegal aliens charged with child rape arrested by ICE Boston while we were with them in a single morning.https://t.co/j4914Nl0T4
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 19, 2025
More, from another ride along with ICE Boston:https://t.co/V0gmNHWSDB
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 19, 2025
“We did Operation Patriot March, which yielded over 1,000 arrests, and now you’re going to see more ICE agents come to Boston to make sure that we take these public threats out that she wants to let go back in the communities,” Lyons said. “We’re going to keep making America safe.”
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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