'We will not retreat': Boston mayor will shelter immigrants threatened by Trump in his personal ...

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

‘We will not retreat’: Boston mayor will shelter immigrants threatened by Trump in his personal office

ELIZABETH PREZA
25 JAN 2017 AT 17:10 ET

At a a press conference Wednesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh blasted Donald Trump’s threat to strip sanctuary cities of federal funding, warning the president his constituents “will not back down from our values that make us who we are as a city.” The mayor even offered his office in City Hall as shelter for immigrants who feel unsafe under a Trump administration.

“I am deeply disturbed by today’s news,” Walsh said in a press release. “We will fight for our residents, whether immigrant or not, and provide the best quality of life for all Bostonians.”

Expanding on his statement during Wednesday’s press conference, Walsh reminded the president, “We are a city and a nation built on immigrant contributions,” noting nearly half of Boston’s residents have at least one foreign-born parent.

“We will not be intimidated by a threat to federal funding … We will not retreat one inch,” he added. “To anyone who feels threatened or vulnerable, you are safe in Boston.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/we-will-not-retreat-boston-mayor-will-shelter-immigrants-threatened-by-trump-in-his-personal-office/

[hells]

1. Time to send the feds to Boston

[C_U_L8R]

2. We know what to do with tyrants around here

And we know how to throw a real tea party

[karynnj]

3. That didn't work well for King George!

I love Boston's response. Burlington, VT is continuing its becoming a sanctuary city as well - http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/01/25/councilor-firm-sanctuary-city-talks-after-trumps-order/97049086/

[paleotn]

7. Did that and it didn't work out too well for the oppressors.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. OMG Pluralism sprouts under the budding Dictatorship

What's an Orangutan to do?

Trump believes and nevers doubts himself. That rigid mind is his Achilles heel.

[sheshe2]

5. I love our Mayor!!!!

Don't fuck with Massachusetts...

And never fuck with Boston...





No Retreat!

[mikeargo]

6. Boston Strong

[hunter]

8. First, they'll be cutting Federal Funding to ALL cities and then they'll lie about it.

But fear not, the chocolate rations will be increased to twenty grams.

More importantly, local police do not want to be immigration police. It makes their jobs much more difficult if nobody in the community will talk to them.

There are practical aspects to the sanctuary movement, in addition to the obvious ethical aspects.

[NotThisTime]

9. He's taking a lot of shit from people from who knows where all over social media. I'm in Boston, I

already posted thanking him for showing true leadership and humanity.

[murielm99]

10. I just saw Mayor Emmanuel on the news.

Chicago will remain a sanctuary city as well. FU, Trump.