Democratic Mayors Michelle Wu and Brandon Johnson could not explicitly tell Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer Wednesday whether they would

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is going before a congressional committee at war within its ranks. House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), set to grill Wu on Boston’s illegal immigration law,

So-called sanctuary city policies are a “public nightmare” that make American cities more dangerous, Rep. James Comer said Wednesday, opening a congressional hearing with mayors<a class="excerpt-read-

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testified before a House committee on so-called "sanctuary cities" in Washington Wednesday.

By birth and the grace of God, I am a New Yorker. Spending most of my adult life in Boston did not make me a Bostonian.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu firmly defended the city’s immigration and law enforcement policies at a six-hour-long congressional hearing in Washington March 5, where she faced questions from Republican lawmakers on Boston’s immigrant population and cooperation with federal immigration officers.

Wu was one of four Democratic mayors called before the committee. The three others — Eric Adams of New York City, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, and Mike Johnston of Denver — chose not to give the yes or no answer requested by Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina when she asked, “Is breaking into our country against the law?”

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will surely face a hostile environment from House Republicans when she testifies about immigration enforcement.

The much-hyped hearing, Wu’s first time on the national stage, turned out not to be so much of a show but more of a legal grilling of the mayor and three other city mayors aimed at getting them to

Wu emerged from the marathon hearing largely unscathed, and managed to land a few hits in the face of aggressive questioning.

If Committee Chairman James Comer expected Wu to be the weak link among the four mayors, he had to be disappointed. She turned out to be the most articulate.