Sanctuary city mayors to testify at House Oversight after AG Bondi cuts them off from federal funds

Democratic mayors of alleged sanctuary cities that support undocumented immigrants person agreed to attest earlier the House Oversight Committee successful March aft Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a directive cutting those jurisdictions disconnected from national backing connected her archetypal time astatine the Justice Department (DOJ). 

Bondi, who was sworn successful arsenic lawyer general Wednesday, issued a fig of Day 1 directives, including ordering the DOJ to intermission each national backing for sanctuary cities. 

Bondi besides directed litigating components of the Justice Department to analyse instances of jurisdictions that are impeding instrumentality enforcement and directing that they beryllium prosecuted erstwhile necessary. 

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Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a fig of Day 1 directives, including ordering the Department of Justice to intermission each national backing for sanctuary cities.  (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)

In precocious January, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., invited mayors of sanctuary cities to attest earlier the sheet aft launching an probe into sanctuary metropolis policies and their impact connected nationalist information and national migration enforcement. 

Comer invited the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City to attest astatine a nationalist proceeding and requested they supply documents and communications related to their policies. 

The proceeding initially was acceptable for Feb. 11, but a committee adjutant told Fox News Digital the committee worked with mayors to accommodate their schedules. The committee received last confirmation from Boston, Denver and New York City earlier this week. It received confirmation from Chicago Wednesday. 

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., invited mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City to attest astatine a nationalist proceeding and requested they supply documents and communications related to their policies.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Now, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and New York City Mayor Eric Adams volition attest astatine a nationalist proceeding March 5. 

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"Sanctuary mayors beryllium the American radical an mentation for metropolis policies that jeopardize nationalist information and interruption national migration instrumentality by releasing unsafe transgression amerciable aliens backmost onto the streets," Comer told Fox News Digital. "These reckless policies successful Democrat-run cities and states crossed our federation person led to excessively galore preventable tragedies." 

Democratic mayors of "sanctuary cities," including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, pictured here, person agreed to attest earlier the House Oversight Committee successful March.  (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital )

Comer told Fox News Digital the policies besides "endanger ICE agents who are forced to instrumentality much hard enforcement actions successful jurisdictions that garbage to cooperate with national authorities." 

"The policies successful Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City prioritize transgression amerciable aliens implicit the American people," Comer added. "This is unacceptable, and their leaders indispensable beryllium held accountable." 

Comer vowed to "press these mayors for answers and analyse measures to enforce compliance with national migration law." 

Since Trump took bureau successful January, ICE has arrested amerciable transgression migrants successful sanctuary cities crossed the country.