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Boston’s Wu orders release of ICE surveillance and bodycam footage, says fed government ‘hides behind masks’
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu accused federal immigration agents of conducting «unconstitutional» operations in the city and ordered the public release of surveillance and body camera footage tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions. She said the move is aimed at holding federal agents accountable for alleged acts of violence.
Wu and other Massachusetts officials held a joint news conference Thursday in the blue city, slamming the Trump administration’s federal immigration enforcement and pointing specifically to ICE activity in various communities.
«They are trying to do with federal agents what they have failed to do with canceled grants, sham investigations and the National Guard,» Wu said. «If we experience the kind of unlawful and unconstitutional invasion we’ve all seen in other parts of the country, then Boston will see the [Trump] administration in court again.»
The Democrat mayor said she signed an executive order Thursday morning aimed at holding federal officials accountable, directing city departments to protect residents and respond to any violence, property damage or criminal conduct related to immigration enforcement.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu ordered the release of ICE body camera and surveillance footage, accusing federal agents of unconstitutional actions and pledging transparency and accountability. (Getty Images)
Wu said the order makes clear that city first responders will prioritize de-escalation and public safety during federal immigration operations.
«While the federal government hides behind masks, we will be transparent,» she said. «This order directs city departments to release surveillance and body-worn camera footage of violence or property damage by federal agents, in accordance with state law.
«This order also doubles down on our dedication to use city resources to keep our residents safe.»
Last week, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey introduced legislation aimed at limiting ICE activity in sensitive locations, including courthouses, schools, child care programs, hospitals and churches.
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People hold signs during an anti-ICE protest at the Massachusetts State House. (Getty Images)
The proposal would also bar other states from deploying National Guard troops in Massachusetts without the governor’s approval and allow parents to arrange guardianship in advance for their children if they are detained or deported.
Like a recent executive order issued by Healey, Wu’s proposal would bar federal immigration agents from using city buildings, parking lots and parks for enforcement operations and makes clear that schools, libraries, community centers and senior centers are intended for learning, gathering and public services.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has ordered the public release of surveillance and body camera footage linked to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in an attempt to hold federal agents accountable for acts of violence. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Wu also said the order directs the city to investigate any crimes committed in Boston, including those involving federal agents, and to make referrals to prosecutors when appropriate.
She said it also instructs city officials to pursue every available legal option to challenge what she described as coercive federal actions.
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«In Boston, as it should across America, the rule of law applies to everyone,» she said.
The order adds Boston to a growing list of blue cities openly challenging the Trump administration’s immigration policies, escalating a national fight over enforcement tactics, transparency and the reach of federal power.
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Mayor Bass facing blowback over explosive report that she altered wildfire report to downplay city’s role
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is under fire this week after a Los Angeles Times report claiming she successfully altered in her favor a critical after-action report on the devastating southern California wildfires that killed 31 people.
While Bass has repeatedly denied that she interfered with the report, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing two sources, that Bass was concerned that the city could be exposed to legal liability for its lack of preparedness and removed or softened language implicating the city.
One of the key changes, according to the Los Angeles Times, was altering details about failures to fully staff and deploy resources leading up to the fire, an issue that has drawn intense scrutiny over the past year.
The report cites a «Bass confidant» who said «the mayor didn’t tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report.»
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks alongside immigrant community leaders outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 8. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Bass, who has also drawn criticism for flying to Africa for an event days before the fire broke out despite hazardous conditions in the forecast and warnings about fire risks, has denied the accuracy of the reporting.
Still, widespread outrage has resulted both on social media and from politicians.
«There’s no moving forward until we get the answers and the people that are responsible are fired, and that includes the fire chiefs, the fire battalion chiefs, that includes the mayor, it includes anybody that had anything to do with this,» reality TV star Spencer Pratt, running for mayor of Los Angeles, told Fox Los Angeles while standing next to the burnt remains of his Palisades home that was destroyed in the fire.
Businessman Rick Caruso, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor against Bass and is said to be mulling another run, called the report an «outrage» and said that Bass «actively covered up a report meant to examine the most significant disaster in Los Angeles history.»
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Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a building on Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
More than a year after a series of the most expensive and devastating wildfires tore through the Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods of Los Angeles, survivors are still stuck in limbo as red tape, rising costs and stalled aid slow recovery. California’s strict rebuilding regulations, combined with the scale of the devastation, help explain why rebuilding has barely begun.
Additionally, questions remain about the city’s response to the fire as local leaders face criticism for empty fire hydrants, an empty reservoir, slow response times, inadequate brush clearance and maintenance, and a botched PR response in the days following the fire.
The Eaton and Palisades fires, in addition to taking the lives of 31 residents, scorched a combined 37,728 acres, an area larger than California’s Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal Studios combined, destroying more than 16,200 buildings in their path.
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Protesters hold up signs at the «They let us burn» protest in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2026. (Nora Moriarty)
«Mayor Bass has been unequivocal for months — she reviewed an early draft of the report and only asked the LAFD to make sure it was accurate on issues like weather and budget,» the mayor’s office said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«She and her staff made no changes to the drafts. The Mayor has been clear about her concerns regarding pre-deployment and the LAFD’s response to the fire, which is why there is new leadership at LAFD and why she called for an independent review of the Lachman Fire mop-up. There is absolutely no reason why she would request those details be altered or erased when she herself has been critical of the response to the fire — full stop. She has said this for months. This is muckraking journalism at its lowest form. It is dangerous and irresponsible for Los Angeles Times reporters to rely on third hand unsourced information to make unsubstantiated character attacks to advance a narrative that is false.»
Fox News Digital’s Amanda Macias contributed to this report.
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“Si pudiéramos hacer algo”
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FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican wants to kneecap sanctuary cities and provide more stringent protections for federal agents in a sweeping package designed to push back against disruptions to the Trump administration’s immigration operations.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., plans to introduce his Protect America Act, a colossal legislative package that would punish sanctuary cities, enhance penalties for illegal entry and reentry, boost protections for federal agents, and defund «corrupt» nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), or nonprofits.
The goal of the package is to cut into the unrest simmering in cities across the country where the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are operating.
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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is gearing up to introduce a sweeping immigration package meant to crush sanctuary cities and bolster protections of federal agents. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Schmitt’s legislation comes as anti-ICE protests continue around the country, most notably in Minneapolis, where agitators have clashed with federal agents, resulting in the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.
«This environment demands action,» Schmitt said in a statement. «The Protect America Act is a comprehensive, four-part legislative response designed to address the root causes of disorder, restore lawful enforcement authority, protect federal officers from coordinated interference and violence, and prevent the abuse of nonprofit status to shield or support criminal activity.»
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Agitators using whistles to alert neighborhoods to ICE activity face off with Minneapolis police officers Jan. 24, 2026. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
The package would condition federal funding to sanctuary cities based on cooperation with ICE and federal law enforcement. Cities that don’t comply would lose their funding completely.
It would also require that jails and detention centers coordinate with ICE to share the identity, immigration status and release timing for detainees, allow people to sue for civil liabilities if a «removable alien» is knowingly released within a sanctuary city and commits a serious crime, and halt new foreign student visas until jurisdictions comply with federal immigration law.
In a bid to bolster protections for federal agents, the package would close loopholes that allow people to use whistles or other devices to interfere with officers’ communications, impose penalties of up to five years in prison for people who obstruct federal agents’ duties, ensure that the First Amendment protections explicitly state that the «act does not prohibit expressive content or lawful expressive conduct,» and make assaulting a federal agent a federal criminal offense.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii., after the passage of government funding bills at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2026. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Schmitt’s legislation would also strengthen penalties for illegal entry and reentry into the country by ending catch-and-release and mandating detention, make illegal entry a felony, and boost penalties for illegal reentry to include fines and up to two years in prison.
The fourth prong seeks to de-fang NGOs by revoking the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit that promotes, incites, or provides material support for criminal violence.
His legislative package comes as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and congressional Democrats offered their own, competing list of demands meant to rein in DHS and ICE, which they are demanding be considered and codified in exchange for their support of the now-sidelined Homeland Security funding bill.
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Schmitt and Senate Republicans haven’t taken well to many of the proposals from their counterparts, notably requiring ICE agents to get judicial warrants, de-masking federal agents and requiring full identification when in the field.
«My view is we’re not doing any of this stuff until, unless, we end sanctuary city status, because that’s what’s causing all of this, is the lack of cooperation,» Schmitt said. «It’s the confrontations that are being created, and why you don’t see this in blue or red jurisdictions that aren’t sanctuary status. So this solution is very obvious. I think there’s a political grandstanding on their part.»
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