Dem Mayors in Congress Talking Sanctuary Cities Protecting Criminal Illegals
House lawmakers will question the mayors of four of the country's largest cities Wednesday about their sanctuary city protections, which restrict local officials in helping enforce federal immigration law.
The Republicans who lead the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have long criticized such laws, as has President Donald Trump, a Republican who returned to the White House in January promising to deport more unauthorized immigrants than his predecessors.
The committee has invited the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City, all Democrats, to explain and defend the laws during a televised hearing at 10 a.m. ET.
Some mayors have defended the laws as making all their residents safer.