{"id":2410385,"date":"2025-03-06T08:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gop-rep-james-comer-confronts-4-sanctuary-city-mayors-to-their-faces\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:32:23","slug":"watch-gop-rep-james-comer-confronts-4-sanctuary-city-mayors-to-their-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gop-rep-james-comer-confronts-4-sanctuary-city-mayors-to-their-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: GOP Rep. James Comer Confronts 4 Sanctuary City Mayors to Their Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-gop-rep-james-comer-confronts-4-sanctuary-city-mayors-to-their-faces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a \u2062recent oversight \u2064committee hearing, Kentucky Rep.\u200c James Comer, who chairs\u2062 the House Oversight Committee, challenged four Democratic mayors\u2062 from sanctuary cities\u2014Brandon Johnson (Chicago), \u200bMichelle Wu (Boston), Eric Adams\u200b (new York City), and\u2062 Mike Johnston (Denver)\u2014about \u2063their non-compliance with Immigration and Customs\u2063 Enforcement (ICE) requests. Comer pressed each mayor to confirm weather their cities were sanctuary cities, after which they provided \u200dvague responses, implying a reluctance to fully cooperate with federal authorities. He\u200c focused on\u200c specific instances where illegal aliens in their cities had committed \u200dcrimes, questioning the mayors about their policies on turning over such individuals \u200bto \u200cICE for\u2062 deportation. Comer&#8217;s concluding \u200cremarks emphasized the necessity of cooperation with federal immigration laws and criticized the sanctuary policies that he believes jeopardize public safety. The discussion highlighted the tension between\u200d local\u2062 policies aimed at being &#8220;welcoming cities&#8221; and federal enforcement \u2062of immigration laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Rep. James Comer, the Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee, confronted four Democratic sanctuary city mayors on Wednesday over their refusal to fully cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers questioned Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sanctuary-no-nyc-mayor-ushers-homan-root-seriously-criminal-illegals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> Mayor Eric Adams, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston about the policies, especially in light of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-confirms-illegal-aliens-who-are-convicted-of-dui-rape-and-drug-related-crimes-will-not-be-deported-video\/\" title=\"White House Confirms ... Who are Convicted of DUI, Rape and Drug-Related Crimes Will NOT be Deported (VIDEO)\">deport illegal aliens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comer used his question time to drill each of the officials on the policies of their cities, rattling off their stances on the matter before asking them point-blank about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/forced-us-tom-homan-warns-sanctuary-cities-get-exactly-dont-want\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctuary<\/a> city designation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor Johnston, is Denver a sanctuary city?&rdquo; Comer asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Folks use that term differently. I can tell you what Denver does,&rdquo; Johnston began.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;OK, I take that as a yes,&rdquo; Comer said before moving down the line to Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is Chicago a sanctuary city?&rdquo; the lawmaker pressed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A 40-year policy of being a welcoming city,&rdquo; Johnson responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I take that as a yes,&rdquo; Comer said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor, is Boston a sanctuary city?&rdquo; he asked Wu.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Boston is a safe city,&rdquo; Wu replied.<\/p>\n<p>When the lawmaker reached Adams, he noted that the mayor of the Big Apple has in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">public statements expressed<\/a> a willingness &ldquo;to work with ICE on detaining the most criminal illegals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My question to you, sir, is New York City a sanctuary city?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Based on our classification, yes,&rdquo; Adams admitted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; CAUGHT &#128680;<\/p>\n<p>Boston and Chicago Mayors said they&rsquo;d only turn over an illegal alien to ICE on a criminal warrant&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>But ICE has statutory authority to issue administrative warrants for removable aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens of Boston and Chicago, know that through wordplay, your mayors are&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m7JQkg4PIu\">pic.twitter.com\/m7JQkg4PIu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPoversight\/status\/1897320041562898476?\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Comer then used his remaining time to confront the mayors on whether they would turn over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Office\">criminal illegal aliens<\/a> to ICE.<\/p>\n<p>He used the example of an illegal alien outside Boston raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter &ldquo;while living in a shelter for illegal aliens,&rdquo; as well as an illegal alien in Chicago, who was part of a foreign gang, being arrested for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/haitian-man-flown-us-biden-admin-charged-gruesome-murders-children-elderly-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder<\/a>&nbsp;but being released without charges.<\/p>\n<p>Both Wu and Johnson struggled to answer clearly if they would turn over those illegal aliens for deportation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The point that we&rsquo;ve got to iron out today is that we have to have cooperation,&rdquo; Comer concluded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is federal law to turn over those illegal criminals to ICE, and we&rsquo;ve heard reports, and many of you have said publicly, that you are going to obstruct that,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;That is against the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The fact that major cities are failing to help with the permanent removal of even the worst criminals, and apparently in some cases are releasing them to roam the streets without even facing charges, is simply a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how much these mayors want to virtue signal about being a &ldquo;welcoming city,&rdquo; there is nothing virtuous about letting evil people, particularly illegal aliens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-agents-bust-california-human-smuggling-ring-allegedly-involved-20000-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prey<\/a> on their own residents, including the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that they couldn&rsquo;t even clearly admit that they have sanctuary policies ought to indicate that those policies simply shouldn&rsquo;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s hope that the Republicans actually hold them accountable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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James Comer, the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee, challenged four Democratic mayors of sanctuary cities on Wednesday regarding their lack of full cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He questioned Chicago&#8217;s Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston&#8217;s Mayor Michelle Wu, New York City&#8217;s Mayor Eric Adams, and Denver&#8217;s Mayor Mike Johnston about their city policies in light of President Trump&#8217;s deportation efforts. 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