The White House directly responded to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s characterization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as “secret police” Thursday afternoon, denouncing her comments as a “disgusting, dangerous” attack on law enforcement.

“President Trump is keeping his promise to the American people to deport illegal aliens. It’s disturbing that Democrats like Mayor Wu would side with illegal immigrants over Americans and stoke hatred against American law enforcement ," White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a press release .

Wu’s office did not respond to a request for comment Thursday evening.

What the White House took issue with

The White House condemned Wu’s doubling down on negative comments about ICE that she first made last weekend at the WBUR Festi

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