Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended the whopping $650,000 legal bill the city paid to help her prepare for a Congressional hearing on sanctuary cities, saying it was necessary amid threats to put

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

She stood up for the city and refused to cower in the face of threats and smears,” one of more than 1,700 respondents said. The post Mayor Michelle Wu represented Boston well at the ‘sanctuary cities’ congressional hearing,

Mayoral candidate Josh Kraft took aim at his opponent, incumbent Michelle Wu, over the weekend, blasting her for spending over half a million dollars to prepare for her grilling by the House Oversight Committee in Washington last week.

The city of Boston is sick of having people outside Boston tell us what we need,” Mayor Wu said in a contentious hearing on local immigration policies in Boston and other cities.

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.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu carried her newborn daughter, Mira, through the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

A GOP-led committee questioned mayors Wednesday on their limited cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Boston's Mayor Wu has argued the policy keeps the city safe and builds trust with diverse communities.

Mayor Michelle Wu “expects to pay” up to $650,000 in city funds to prepare for a high-stakes congressional hearing on sanctuary cities and is bringing along a dozen staff members at an

Boston’s Wu among 4 mayors facing grilling on immigration from House Republicans. There’s no strict definition for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities, but th