Home republicans Calling on mayors of Sanctuary to testify next month about the impact of the policy on public safety and the refusal to collaborate with the enforcement of federal immigration.
American rep. James Comer, R-tenn., Chairman of the GOP-controlled home committee for supervision and reform, said that he launched an investigation into shrines in the United States to determine whether they have met the federal immigration enforcement laws.
In a letter he asked Michelle Wu, Brandon Johnson, Mike Johnston and Eric Adams, the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City, to provide documents and information with regard to the sanctuary of every city.
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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) speaks during a hearing with Commissioner of the FDA Dr. Robert Califf in the office building of Rayburn House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty images)
They were each asked to testify during a public hearing on the issue on 11 February. Fox News Digital has contacted every mayor.
“On his first day at the office, President Donald Trump undertook decisive actions to restore the rule of law,” Comer wrote on X. “It is now necessary that our immigration laws are maintained throughout the country and that criminal aliens are quickly removed from us. “
The letters said that 12 states and hundreds of cities and provinces throughout the country have a refuge. Comer said, however, that the four cities were out “stand out in their abject failures to meet the federal law.”
Mayor Michelle Wu van Boston speaks during a campaign meeting. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
Sanctuary cities limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. Proponents claim that enforcement of immigration is the task of the federal government.
Opponents say that the sanctuary policy houses criminals, as well as those in the land illegalAnd put the public, including illegal immigrants.
Adams has spoken out against criminal illegal immigrants, who, according to him, endanger New Yorkers. Moreover, he said that he is willing to work with Trump limit Tsar Tom Homan.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City said on Tuesday that his administration has coordinated with immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) with regard to deferring 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, the mayor of Boston, has said that her city will not collaborate with the mass deportation program of Trump, despite the fact that the region sees a number of illegal immigrants with criminal charges released on the street.
“Elections have consequences and the federal government is responsible for a certain number of actions, and cities, no individual city, some parts of it can reverse or overwrite,” she said WCVB TV in November. “But what we can do is ensure that we participate in protecting our residents in every possible way, that we do not cooperate with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fears and having a large -scale economic impact . “
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the city of Boston said: “We are proud that Boston is the safest big city in the United States. We have received and assess the letter.”
Mayor Johnson in Chicago Has doubled with his support for the sanctuary policy of the city.
“I think it is unconscious that this administration would try not only to create division, but also to be fear within our public schools,” said Johnson, referring to potential federal raids.
Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago responds to a question during a press conference on October 7, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
He has instructed city departments to be established “and to maintain the local regulation” in accordance with the Illinois Trust ActWhat prohibits local law enforcement to help the efforts of federal immigration enforcement.
Mayor of Denver, Mike Johnston, has also supported the sanctuary policy, despite the presence of members of the Venezuelan gang of the Aragua in Denver and the suburb of Aurora.
On Sundays, federal agents arrested 50 members of the gang in Colorado and grips drugs, weapons and cash, the authorities said.
In his first week after returning to the White houseTrump has withdrawn several guidelines and has focused on illegal immigrants with criminal registers in a series of raids.
Mayor Mike Johnston Democrat. Denver is a sanctuary. (Edward Romero and Getty Images)
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Raids by agents with American immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) have been reported in Colorado, New York City, Buffalo, NY, Boston, California and Minnesota, with hundreds of illegal immigrants being held.
Moreover, deportation flights have also started.
