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Boston mayor signs order banning ICE enforcement on city property

On Thursday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order barring ICE from staging or processing civil enforcement on city parks, parking lots, garages, and buildings.
Framed as a response to recent federal surges, Wu cited violent clashes in Minneapolis and Maine and the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.
The order directs city departments to work with the Boston Police Department to release footage of federal violence, investigate claims independently, prioritize de-escalation, and guide municipal staff and Boston residents to call 911 for warrantless entries.
Dozens of local leaders joined the move Thursday, and Gov. Maura Healey last week issued a related executive order, while the Department of Homeland Security called the bans `legally illiterate` and Wu vowed legal challenges.
Positioned within a national backlash, the order places Boston among a bipartisan coalition of mayors exchanging strategies to resist federal immigration enforcement and protect residents from what Wu described as `unconstitutional and violent federal operations`.

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