A metropolis council committee assembly scheduled for Monday is ready focus on Boston’s Belief Act — a coverage that has been within the nationwide highlight amid Republican-led criticism of so-called sanctuary cities.
Monday’s public security and legal justice committee assembly will see members focus on an order for a listening to to “audit the implementation and effectiveness of the 2014 Boston Belief Act.”
Members of the general public might be allowed to testify.
Below the Boston Belief Act, metropolis police collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, brokers solely on issues of “important public security” and won’t detain residents solely primarily based on their immigration standing.
Final week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu traveled to Washington D.C. to testify throughout a congressional listening to alongside three different mayors. The 4 mayors have been placed on the new seat by Republican lawmakers who blasted them for his or her insurance policies relating to ICE cooperation.
NBC10 Boston requested Wu over the weekend if the listening to went as she anticipated it to.
“I used to be warned it was going to be a protracted day and it definitely was, however I used to be extremely proud to have the ability to rise up, elevate my proper hand, swear to inform the reality and say that Boston is the most effective metropolis on the earth,” Wu mentioned. “And it’s the residence that we have made it due to generations which have come earlier than and due to the onerous work that every one of us are nonetheless placing in on a regular basis.”
Monday’s metropolis council committee listening to might be held at 3 p.m.
