Todd Lyons, the Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, promised to “flood” the city of Boston with agents after Mayor Michelle Wu continued her defiant stance against supporting government immigration enforcement policies.

Wu wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi that “Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone.” Wu said Boston supports some federal immigration enforcement but not at the level the Trump Administration wants to see happen.

Lyons told “The Howie Carr Show,” “And now you’re going to see more ICE agents come to Boston to make sure that we take these public safety threats out that she [Mayor Wu] wants to let go back in the communities.”

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