Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will take questions regarding sanctuary city policies from Congress on Wednesday.
Following President Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024, Mayor Wu of Boston has reaffirmed the city’s stance as a sanctuary city, declaring that local law enforcement and officials will not collaborate with federal authorities in deportations.
Addressing concerns about crime, drug trade, and human trafficking connected to migrant centers, Jon Fetherston, a former director of a migrant shelter in Massachusetts, expressed his views to Fox News Digital. There is dissatisfaction among residents and neighboring communities regarding Mayor Wu’s leadership, despite her consistent support from her base mainly influenced by Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Amy Carnevale, who heads the MassGOP, Massachusetts’s Republican Party, anticipates Mayor Wu will emphasize Boston’s safety in comparison to New York City, Denver, and Chicago. These cities are set to be scrutinized by Congress, with leaders from all four cities summoned to testify on Wednesday.
Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a Haitian national and alleged gang member with 17 criminal convictions in Massachusetts in a two-year span, is pictured after ICE agents from Boston arrested him. (ICE ERO Boston)
Fetherston also noted that he worked at a Marlborough shelter where a man was accused of impregnating his own 13-year-old daughter last year. The Maine Wire first broke the story about the Haitian migrant, Ronald Joseph, 42, impregnating the girl. Joseph allegedly repeatedly raped his daughter while staying at a government-funded migrant shelter at a Holiday Inn in Marlborough.
Eight months after the Maine Wire released various incident reports detailing Joseph’s alleged crimes, authorities arrested the suspect.
And while the issue of migrant crime weighs heavily on the hearts and minds of some Boston and Massachusetts residents, it weighs heavily on taxpayer pockets as well.
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MassGOP last year revealed its findings that the Massachusetts government had spent more than $1 billion in secrecy” on migrant housing, “leaving Massachusetts residents in the dark,” Carnevale said in a statement at the time. “They have withheld critical information on 600 incidents involving police, fire and EMT. Blocking journalists at every turn, the administration has obstructed the flow of information to the public.”
Wu expected to spend $650,000 on preparations for her trip to Congress this week alone, according to the Boston Herald. Fox News Digital reached out to Wu’s office for comment.
The organizer of an online campaign against Wu called Bostonians Against Mayor Wu, which has more than 32,000 followers on X, told Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity that “Bostonians are fed up” with their mayor.
Michelle Wu speaks to supporters after winning her race for mayor of Boston on November 2, 2021. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
“As you’d expect, Boston is very woke, and there are still plenty of people who support these policies. But the tide is turning fast,” said the organizer, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation. “The governors of Texas and Florida bussing illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities have opened a lot of eyes. Suddenly, it’s not just an abstract issue. It’s real, it’s expensive, and it’s affecting everyday life.”
The organizer added that “Boston is not safer” because of sanctuary city policies.
“Day after day, you’ll see Boston ICE reporting arrests of illegal alien child predators who were let onto the streets because of Wu’s sanctuary policies. The city refuses to cooperate with ICE, which means dangerous criminals stay in our communities instead of being deported,” the organizer said.
