Overview

• On Aug. 19, Mayor Michelle Wu delivered a public and written response rejecting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand to roll back Boston’s immigration policies.
• Bondi’s Aug. 13 letters to 35 designated sanctuary jurisdictions set a Tuesday deadline and warned of funding cuts, civil suits, and possible criminal charges for officials who obstruct enforcement.
• Boston’s Trust Act limits cooperation with ICE detainers absent serious criminal warrants, and the state’s Supreme Judicial Court prohibits holding people on civil immigration detainers.
• Homeland Security’s Tricia McLaughlin said “everything is on the table,” including lawsuits and withholding grants, and signaled increased ICE deployments, while no specific DOJ action against Boston has been announced.
• Wu said Boston partners with federal agencies on public safety and asserted the city will not bow to what she called unlawful coercion.