The Democratic mayors of Denver, Chicago, Boston, and New York City were grilled for hours over their so-called sanctuary city policies at a Congressional hearing Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushes his aggressive immigration agenda and threatens to punish cities that don’t comply.
A congressional hearing on sanctuary cities descended into chaos amid a spat between Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, and Representative Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat. Newsweek reached out to Comer and Pressley's offices for comment via email.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will take questions regarding sanctuary city policies from Congress on Wednesday amid a recent spar with border czar Tom Homan.
The Small Business Administration will move its Chicago office over the city’s “sanctuary” policies, it was announced Thursday.
The Cambridge City Council voted unanimously on Monday, declaring the city a ‘sanctuary’ for trans and nonbinary people.