There’s Nothing Noble about Boston’s Fight to Keep Sanctuary Policies
February 26, 2025
Boston’s reputation for defiance is enshrined in history. In 1773, American colonists opposing overseas rule and taxation without representation tossed 340 chests of British tea into the Boston harbor. That protest telegraphed the nascent nation’s demand for independence and represented a key moment in the history of the American Revolution.
Boston is embroiled in a new showdown but this one isn’t noble and it isn’t over tea, taxes, independence, tyranny, or any other admirable cause. Instead, this protest is about retaining dangerous and costly sanctuary policies that protect and reward illegal aliens. Sharing no righteous commonality with their New England ancestors, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the City Council, and Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox nonetheless seem to think it’s a fight for the ages as they fortify and double down on the city’s sanctuary policies, defy federal immigration authorities, pander to special interests, and ignore public will.
Although Boston is only one of roughly 600 sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide, it is a particularly high-profile one that has attracted so many illegal aliens that the state’s shelter system teeters on the brink of collapse due to high demand, massive costs, and increased crime. The city’s 128 shelters are filled to capacity with long waiting lists. Of the 7,500 homeless families occupying them, about half are newly arrived migrants. Costs for migrant housing was $865 million in fiscal year 2024 and is projected to top $1 billion in 2025. Crime is rampant. A 26-year-old Haitian illegal alien was recently charged with raping a minor at a Boston area migrant shelter, and another illegal alien from the Dominican Republic staying at a nearby shelter was charged with gun violations and the intent to distribute a staggering 11 pounds of fentanyl.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/02/26/theres-nothing-noble-about-bostons-fight-keep-sanctuary-policies
