She stood up for the city and refused to cower in the face of threats and smears,” one of more than 1,700 respondents said. The post Mayor Michelle Wu represented Boston well at the ‘sanctuary cities’ congressional hearing,

The Congressional hearing was part of a federal investigation into so-called "sanctuary cities."Committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, launched the probe back in January to look into what he described as "the policies of sanctuary jurisdictions and their impact on public safety and federal immigration enforcement.

If you want to make us safe, pass gun reforms, stop cutting Medicaid, stop cutting cancer research, stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our city safe.”