Overview

• Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said on a radio show that the agency will expand its presence in Boston and “flood the zone” in sanctuary jurisdictions.
• Mayor Michelle Wu publicly refused Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand to dismantle Boston’s Trust Act, saying the city follows the law and will not back down.
• Bondi’s letters to dozens of jurisdictions warned of potential lawsuits, cuts to federal funding, and possible prosecutions for officials who obstruct federal enforcement.
• ICE Boston’s acting field office director, Patricia Hyde, said agents will continue operations in the region and criticized the city’s limits on cooperation.
• The dispute is shaped by the 2017 Lunn v. Commonwealth ruling, which has been interpreted to bar holding individuals solely on civil detainers, and follows an ICE operation that netted nearly 1,500 arrests in Massachusetts.