Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended her characterization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as “secret police” on Wednesday following scathing criticism by Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley, who called Wu’s comment a “false narrative.”
Federal immigration officers have not been “sharing exactly who was arrested and why,” Wu told reporters when asked about Foley’s criticism outside an unrelated event at Boston City Hall. “The U.S. attorney is attacking me for saying what Bostonians see with their own eyes.”
The exchange of criticism stems from comments Wu made about ICE during the WBUR Festival this past weekend…