Judicial Watch, a conservative activist group, is suing the City of Boston over public records it says the city failed to produce for internal emails and costs tied to the mayor’s defiant pro-sanctuary press conference that featured a mariachi band.

The lawsuit filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court alleges that the City of Boston has flouted the public records law, by not responding to a records request submitted by Judicial Watch on Aug. 20.

It relates to a rally-like press conference Mayor Michelle Wu held at City Hall to publicly defy a federal order to dismantle the city’s sanctuary protections for illegal immigrants. The city has since been sued by the Trump administration.

“Mayor Wu staged a racist political spectacle instead of cooperating with federal law enforcement — even as

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