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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell

‘Boston will not back down’: mayor hits back at Trump officials’ sanctuary city threats

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Mayor Michelle Wu at a press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

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. Unlike the Trump administration, Boston follows the law. And Boston will not back down from who we are and what we stand for.”

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