Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says the city’s Office of Police Accountability and Transparency is collecting reports on when ICE uses tactics that she says may be “across the line in terms of what is appropriate” and “legal.”
Created in 2020, the civilian body that “investigates complaints of misconduct within the Boston Police Department” is now fielding reports on the whereabouts of federal immigration authorities.
Wu shared the revelation as she responded to sharp criticism from Trump border czar Tom Homan amid ICE’s latest enforcement surge under “Operation Patriot 2.0” across Greater Boston.
“It is important to see and document and know what is happening,” the mayor told reporters on Wednesday, “and highlight if there is any evidence of tactics being used that are unconstitutional or cr