‘My advice to Tom Homan and ICE is to take a timeout': Boston Mayor Wu seeks more information on ICE tactics and arrests
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The public records request, filed under the
The information and records the city is asking for include all arrest and deportation warrants; immigration detainer and apprehension documents; the date, time, location, description of, and basis for all immigration enforcement actions; the name of all people who are arrested or detained by ICE officials, regardless of whether they are the intended target; and the detention location and any transfers of all people ICE takes into custody.
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The city also asked for ICE to share any immigration violations, criminal convictions, or pending criminal charges against any person they detain and whether ICE was aware of those violations when they take a person into custody. Officials also want access to all documents related to any administrative, court, or removal proceedings for any person arrested by ICE.
The City of Boston has issued its first FOIA request of ICE.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, we are requesting records related to enforcement actions within our city and information on certain ICE policies.
— Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 (
The public records request also asks for all of ICE's written policies, training and field manuals, and documents showing standard operating procedure, reflecting the city's concerns about ICE agents' use of masks, reports of federal officials damaging personal property as they take people into custody, and failing to identify themselves and possibly racially profiling people during immigration enforcement actions.
Wu firmly reiterated her commitment to stand up for Boston residents at the press conference last week in which she explained how the city's plan to regularly file public records requests fits into her broader strategy to push back against the Trump administration.
'We see the actions that are taking place directly undermining trust across all interactions with city government and therefore are resulting in making our communities less safe,' Wu said. 'We do not need the federal government to tell us what safety looks like when we see it with our own eyes. And in Boston, we will stand strong for our community members and our residents.'
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She also had a few choice words for
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'My advice to Tom Homan and ICE is to take a timeout; reassess what you are doing and how you are doing it,' Wu said. 'A little friendly advice from the safest major city in the country. We know how to keep people safe.'
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