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An art installation, which displays black and white images of people detained or deported as a result of ICE raids in Southern California, stands outside the federal building in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 17, 2025. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, …

A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco extended a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from cutting off or conditioning the use of federal funds for so-called …

The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has threatened to “flood” Boston with immigration agents following Mayor Michelle Wu’s refusal to drop the city’s sanctuary policies. Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, said during a Wednesday interview on “The Howie Carr Show,” a conservative radio program, that the agency would expand its presence in the area. His comments …

Illinois to Bondi: Sanctuary status stands firm  Politico ‘We’re not going to back down’: Acting Boston ICE director pledges crackdown following Mayor Wu’s defiant comments  The Boston Globe ICE director promises larger presence in Boston following Wu’s defiance  Boston.com ICE director says he’ll ‘flood’ Boston after Mayor Wu refuses to comply with feds  NBC Boston As ICE director vows Boston surge, Mayor Wu defends …

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said federal immigration authorities plan to “flood” Boston in response to Mayor Michelle Wu’s refusal to dismantle the city’s sanctuary protections, as ordered by the Trump administration. Speaking on “The Howie Carr Show” Wednesday, Lyons said his response to Wu’s stated intention to defy the federal order is that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, …

In a Tuesday letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Tina Kotek defended Oregon’s sanctuary laws and said Bondi’s assertions that the state hampers enforcement of federal immigration laws are unfounded. The letter came after Bondi last week threatened to take legal action against Oregon and dozens of other sanctuary states and cities if they did not commit to …

Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu has hit back sharply at the Trump administration’s legal threats over sanctuary city immigration policies, declaring that “Boston will not back down”. Wu told a news conference outside Boston’s city hall on Tuesday: “The US attorney general asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures. …

Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by community members and elected officials, responds to the recent letter from the Department of Justice at a press conference at City Hall Plaza. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Boston Mayor Michelle Wu shot back at U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demands to expand the city’s policies to work with immigration enforcement in a letter Tuesday, condemning what she …

Washington officials are responding to a letter from the federal government last week demanding they end so-called “sanctuary jurisdiction” policies — local laws stopping police from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “You are hereby notified that your jurisdiction has been identified as one that engages in sanctuary policies and practices that thwart federal immigration enforcement,” U.S. Attorney General Pam …

Three innocent Americans are dead after an illegal alien semi-truck driver attempted an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike and caused a minivan to violently crash into the truck’s trailer. The illegal alien is an Indian national who was granted a commercial driver’s license by the so-called “sanctuary state” of California, whose reckless policies put the lives of American citizens …