Republicans in the house They invite the mayors of the shrine to testify to the impact of policy on public security and refusal to cooperate with the federal implementation of immigration next month.
US Ambassador James Comer, R-Tenn., Chairman of the GOP Supervisory Committee and Reform, said he launched an investigation into the cities of the shrines across the United States to determine whether they were obeyed by the federal laws on the implementation of immigration.
The letter was asked by Michelle Wu, Brandon Johnson, Mike Johnston and Eric Adams, Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York, to submit documents and information related to The sanctuary policies every city.
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James Comer (R-Ky) House Supervision and Liability Committee speaks during a hearing with Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf in the Rayburn House office building, April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
They were asked to testify at a public debate on the issue of February 11. Fox News Digital contacted every mayor.
“On the first day in power, President Donald Trump undertook decisive actions to bring back the rule of the law,” Comer wrote on X. “It is now necessary for our immigration laws to be implemented throughout the country and that criminal aliens are quickly removed from our community .
Letters state that 12 states and hundreds of cities and counties across the country have a sanctuary policy. However, Comer said four cities had been singled out “they stood out in their uneven failure to comply with the Federal Law.”
Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu speaks during a set of campaigns. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, file)
The cities of the shrines limit cooperation between the local laws on the implementation of the law and the federal immigration bodies. Supporters claim that the implementation of immigration is the job of the Federal Government.
Opponents say that the policies of the shrines in which there are criminals, as well as those in land illegallyAnd put the public, including illegal immigrants, in danger.
Adams spoke against criminal illegal immigrants, who he said had exposed the New Yorkers. In addition, he said he was willing to cooperate with Trump’s border emperor Tom Homan.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Tuesday that his administration coordinated with immigration and customs conduct (ICE) with respect to the deportation of illegal criminal migrants. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images and Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
In the meantime, WU, Mayor of Boston, said her city would not cooperate with Trump’s mass deportation program, despite the region seeing numerous illegal immigrants with criminal charges released to the streets.
“The elections have consequences, and the federal government is responsible for a certain set of actions, and cities, no individual city, can turn or override some parts of it,” she said in November, the WCVB-TV. “But what we can do is ensure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every way possible, not to cooperate with those efforts that are actually threatening the safety of all causing wide fear and having a great economic influence.”
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesman for the City of Boston, he said: “We are proud that Boston is the safest capital in the United States. We received a letter and we inspected it.”
Mayor of Chicago Johnson He doubled his support from the City Policy of the Sanctuary.
“I think it is unconscious that this administration would try to create not only division but also fear in our public schools,” Johnson said, referring to the potential federal raids.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson answers the question during a press conference on October 7, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Ordered the city departments to “stand firmly and support the local decree” in accordance with Illinois Confidence Actwhich forbids the local implementation of the law to help federal efforts to perform immigration.
Mayor of Denver Mike Johnston also supported the policy of the shrine despite the presence of members of the Venecuelan gang of Denver in Denver and the suburb of Aurora.
On Sunday, federal agents arrested 50 gang members in Colorado and seized drugs, weapons and cash, the authorities said.
In his first week after returning to White houseTrump has abolished multiple directives and targeting illegal immigrants with criminal letters in a series of raids.
Democrat Mayor Mike Johnston. Denver is the city of the shrine. (Edward Romero and Getty Images)
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Agent attacks with American immigration and customs conduct (ICE) in Colorado, New York, Buffalo, NY, Boston, California and Minnesota have been reported, and hundreds of illegal immigrants have been detained.
In addition, flights of deportations began.
