Dueling rallies between immigration enforcement supporters and sanctuary metropolis advocates are set to take over Boston Metropolis Corridor Wednesday as Mayor Michelle Wu testifies on town’s restricted cooperation with ICE in Washington.
The demonstrations exterior of Metropolis Corridor come as each side look to garner additional assist of their advocacy efforts amid the Trump administration’s heightened deportation efforts of unlawful immigrants.
Metropolis Council President Ruthzee Louijeune and At-Massive Metropolis Councilor Julia Mejia are main a rally at 11 a.m. in entrance of Metropolis Corridor, “standing in solidarity with immigrant communities,” alongside the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and ACLU of Massachusetts.
“In Boston, we believe in dignity, justice, and the power of standing together, and will do just that when our immigrant communities are under attack,” Louijeune mentioned in an announcement. “Boston is one of the safest big cities in the country specifically because we will not allow political intimidation to dictate how we care for our neighbors.”
The professional-sanctuary metropolis rally is scheduled to start after immigration enforcement advocates begin their very own 10 a.m. demonstration, in “support of (border czar) Tom Homan’s promised efforts to hold Mayor Wu & (Police) Commissioner Cox accountable for their crimes!” based on a flyer circulating on social media.
Homan despatched a warning from Washington on the Conservative Political Motion Convention on Feb. 22 that he would come to Boston, “bringing hell” to town.” He slammed Michael Cox for the Boston Police Division’s restricted cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
“Meanwhile, opposition is also rallying to keep Boston a sanctuary city, calling basic law enforcement ‘hateful’ and ‘racist,’” X account Bostonians Towards Mayor Wu posted on Feb. 24. “They put illegal immigrants before citizens.”
Boston has been a sanctuary metropolis since 2014 beneath its Belief Act which prevents BPD and different metropolis departments from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on federal civil detainers.
Following the rallies, the Metropolis Council is ready to take up a decision in assist of laws being deliberated on the State Home round defending immigrants and one other “denouncing the rollback of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian, Venezuelan, and other designated communities, reaffirming Boston’s commitment to humanitarian protections and family unity.”
The council meets at midday.
