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Posted on 08/24/2025 6:48:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It appears that many of Boston's officers are quietly rebelling against the anti-ICE stance taken by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's (D) administration. According to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Boston cops are secretly providing critical information to federal immigration officials to help arrest criminal illegal aliens—a bold move that flies in the face of the sanctuary city policies pushed by Wu and other extremist Democrat mayors across the country.
For years, Boston, under Wu’s leadership, has been one of the loudest advocates of the sanctuary city movement. Her administration has consistently refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, shielding illegal immigrants from enforcement efforts and pushing a narrative that criminal aliens should be protected rather than deported. But as Lyons revealed in an interview with conservative radio host Howie Carr, the rank-and-file officers on the ground are frustrated and unwilling to stand idly by as dangerous criminals roam the streets.
“They can’t cooperate openly out of fear of getting in trouble or getting fired. But they’re helping us anyway,” Lyons said.
His comments reveal a significant rift between Boston’s liberal leadership and the very officers tasked with keeping the city safe. Despite the mayor’s vocal opposition to ICE, many members of the Boston Police Department have quietly aligned themselves with federal officials to take dangerous criminals off the streets.
Lyons made it clear that this covert collaboration isn’t unique to Boston. Across the country, local law enforcement officers, who understand the dangers posed by criminal illegal aliens, are aiding ICE in ways that are not immediately visible to the public eye.
“That’s the issue we’re seeing in so many jurisdictions,” Lyons noted. “We have so many men and women on the Boston Police Department and other jurisdictions that are so pro-ICE, that want to work with us and that are actually helping us behind the scenes.”
While Wu doubles down on her sanctuary city policies, many officers are taking matters into their own hands, prioritizing public safety over political correctness. These officers understand that the release of criminal aliens back into communities increases the risk of more violence, drugs, and other illegal activity—problems that law enforcement must address on a daily basis.
In fact, Lyons specifically pointed out that many of the criminals the Boston PD is dealing with are repeat offenders—criminal illegal aliens who have been released from custody and allowed to remain in the country.
“There are so many of these criminal aliens that keep getting released to go out and commit more crimes that the local law enforcement have to deal with,” Lyons said. “We can take that violent criminal alien instantly out of the neighborhood.”
Lyons’ remarks strike a chord with many Americans who feel the nation’s cities are becoming more dangerous under the guise of “sanctuary” policies. Rather than creating safer communities, sanctuary cities like Boston have only given cover to criminal behavior, leading to higher crime rates and more tension between citizens and the authorities charged with protecting them.
Despite the clear friction between local law enforcement and Boston’s leadership, Wu has remained steadfast in her criticism of ICE. In a desperate attempt to discredit the agency, the mayor recently compared ICE officers to “neo-Nazis” and referred to them as being part of President Donald Trump’s "secret police." However, Lyons has shown little patience for such inflammatory rhetoric, telling Carr that his department intends to “flood the zone” in sanctuary jurisdictions like Boston.
“We’re definitely going to, as you’ve heard the saying, flood the zone, especially in sanctuary jurisdictions,” Lyons said. “Boston and Massachusetts decided to say that they wanted to stay sanctuary. Sanctuary does not mean safer streets. It means more criminal aliens out and about the neighborhood. But 100%, you will see a larger ICE presence.”
Lyons’ commitment to increasing ICE operations in sanctuary cities marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing battle over immigration enforcement in America. It’s a clear message to local leaders like Wu that, while they may oppose federal immigration law, they cannot stop the men and women of ICE from doing their job. The collaboration between federal officials and local law enforcement officers, even if done in secret, signals that there are still many dedicated to upholding the rule of law and protecting citizens from the dangers posed by criminal illegal immigrants.
With cities like Boston refusing to cooperate with ICE, it’s reassuring to know that there are still those within local law enforcement who are willing to stand up and fight for the safety of their communities, even if it means defying their own leadership.
The real question now is how long Mayor Wu can maintain her sanctuary stance when the streets are growing increasingly unsafe and her officers continue to work with federal authorities in the shadows to keep criminals off the streets. The battle between local mayors and federal law enforcement is far from over—and with the support of local police officers, ICE appears more determined than ever to win.
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In Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer decreed a total lockdown during Covid. No going to stores, restaurants, movies, anywhere else but liquor stores* and abortion places. Straight to a pharmacy drive thru if you show a prescription and did not deviate in a line straight there from home. No surgery or medical tests.
She ordered the Michigan State Police to patrol watching for sidewalks and parks where some person might have gone out in violation of the home lockdown.
A digitally disguised voice interview on WJR am had “an official” of the police say: “We are not going to patrol as she asked. We have much more important things to do to protect our citizens.”
* Why liquor stores okay? “When heavy users of alcohol are suddenly cut off they pose a big risk to family members of physical abuse.” And the abortion places were to preserve “women’s right to healthcare.”
Sanctuary cities are illegal. The cops are sworn to enforce the law.
I’m surprised a lot more aren’t doing this
Maybe she needs to be deported, too....
Maybe she needs to be deported, too....
It’s illegal to tell police officers who took an oath to “bear truth faith and allegiance to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and to support the constitution thereof,” to ignore the laws as written.
"Allan’s Coffee & Tea reported the incident to local police."
Nazi Germany, snitching out your neighbor, and in this case, the people who can save your ass, or let it hang.
"State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton reacted to the incident on Twitter."
According to a search, several sources say Hampton retired as Superintendent on November 1, 2020, and Deputy Superintendent Terri Davi (female) was appointed by Brown to succeed him.
The Oregon State Police site says Davi served as Superintendent until 2023, when she was replaced by Superintendent Casey Codding. I found an article from April 2024, that Codding was on leave following the discharge of his weapon while on a high-speed chase. Apparently he was either demoted, or retired since Travis Hampton is named as the current Superintendent.
I don't know about Oregon, but in New York State, if you retire and draw you pension, you cannot return to work for a New York City, county or the State because they all belong to the same pension fund. It's double-dipping, and there's a law against it.
It seems that Oregon can't keep State Police Superintendents for very long.
Article regarding Codding:
Oregon’s top police trooper on leave following Amber Alert shooting
Good job, Boston law enforcement.
No surgery or medical tests? Then how would you get tested to check if you had COVID?
Was she the governor that, for COVID isolation, outlawed kayaking alone?
The Oregon State Police were formed under the direction of Smedley Butler, I believe. I don’t think he’d care for what they are put through by lib governors, particularly the last two
I made a mistake when I said NY State had eliminated double-dipping. Apparently it's still going on as of this year. The New York State Constitution allows it. I was told by the State 22 years ago that once I retired, I could not work for any government agency in the State.
So which one represents the British in this patriot thing Wu was talking about, the side that protects the criminals unlawfully or the cops who act lawfully.
wy69
Denny would be proud of us FOP brothers. So glad we left the State yrs ago.
You’re mom scored when she married him. RIP Denny. 🥺
The answer in Michigan is like Cuomo’s New York. Once older people showed signs of Covid they were still sent to elder facilities where most infected others and died. Michigan was very much like New York in that scandal. Whitmer never got punished and got re-elected. A lot of very bad people live in my state here.
Closed off sections of hospitals were used for the incoming Covid patients-—where they were tested for the first time as they hadn’t been at a doctor, usually, due to restricted doctor’s rules at offices.
The tests I mentioned meant were for things like heart or cancer or other tests that along with surgeries were banned, causing more deaths later.
Whitmer arrogantly stated all along “ WE follow science.”
Florida banned sanctuary cities by law in 2019. Love our gov and legislature.
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