Wu blasted a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi renewing the Trump administration’s demand that Boston end policies the president views as impeding federal immigration enforcement efforts.

"Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone," Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wrote in her response to the sanctuary city deadline.

BOSTON—The mayor of New England’s biggest city on Tuesday delivered a message to the Trump administration: Hands off. Boston has been a focus of the White House’s illegal-immigration crackdown. The Justice Department this month included the blue city on a revised list of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions it says aren’t providing sufficient

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a fiery rebuke of the Trump administration on Tuesday after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded that the city comply with mass deportation efforts or face the withdrawal of federal funding.

Last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she sent “demand letters” to Boston and 31 other cities and states that she alleges limit police cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday she was ramping up pressure on 32 “sanctuary jurisdictions,” urging them to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts. “I just sent Sanctuary