The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and the Boston Police Department and Police Commissioner over its sanctuary policies, claiming that it interferes with the federal government’s enforcement of immigration laws. “The City of Boston and its Mayor have been among the worst sanctuary offenders in America – they explicitly enforce policies designed to undermine law enforcement and protect illegal aliens from justice,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said. “If Boston won’t protect its citizens from illegal alien crime, this Department of Justice will,” she added. “Michelle Wu is one of the worst offenders in the entire country. She says Boston is safe, but it’s not. A Haitian national was charged with raping a child in a migrant center, an 18-year-old illegal alien from Haiti molested a 10-year-old child, and an illegal immigrant from El Salvador faced 11 counts of rape against a child,” Bondi said in an interview. “If she’s not going to protect the people of Boston, we are,” she continued. Check it out: AG Pam Bondi slams Mayor Wu, announcing the Justice Department lawsuit against Boston: "Michelle Wu is one of the worst offenders in the entire country. She claims Boston is safe, but it’s not. A Haitian national was charged with raping a child in a migrant center, an… pic.twitter.com/yUbWXv0b1w — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) September 6, 2025 More from the Justice Department: Not only are Boston’s sanctuary city policies illegal under federal law, but, as alleged in the complaint, Boston’s refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities results in the release of dangerous criminals from police custody who would otherwise be subject to removal, including illegal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, burglary, and drug and human trafficking, onto the streets. On her first day in office, Attorney General Bondi instructed the Department’s Civil Division to identify state and local laws, policies, and practices that facilitate violations of federal immigration laws or impede lawful federal immigration operations. On Aug. 5, Attorney General Bondi published a list of sanctuary jurisdictions, which included the City of Boston, and vowed to bring litigation to end these policies nationwide. Today’s lawsuit is the latest in a series of lawsuits brought by the Civil Division targeting illegal sanctuary city policies across the country, including in New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, California. “This unconstitutional attack on our city is not a surprise,” Mayor Wu said, according to CBS News. “Boston is a thriving community, the economic and cultural hub of New England, and the safest major city in the country-but this administration is intent on attacking our community to advance their own authoritarian agenda. This is our City, and we will vigorously defend our laws and the constitutional rights of cities, which have been repeatedly upheld in courts across the country. We will not yield,” she continued. The US Justice Department sued the city of Boston and its Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu to challenge an ordinance that restricts police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement carrying out US President Donald Trump's agenda https://t.co/2cW45DC9il — Reuters (@Reuters) September 5, 2025 CBS News provided further info: In August, Mayor Wu responded to an ultimatum from the government over city policies, saying Boston “will not back down.” The DOJ wrote in the lawsuit, Wu’s “resistance endangers public safety, resulting in a number of criminals being released into Boston who should have been held for immigration removal from the United States.” The lawsuit targets the Boston Trust Act, which limits the role of the city in enforcing federal immigration laws. The DOJ said the policy, “discriminates against the Federal Government.”