VIDEO: Liberal Mayor Humiliated By ICE

There’s a special kind of humiliation reserved for politicians who write checks their authority can’t cash.

Michelle Wu just got that humiliation delivered directly to her doorstep. Literally.

The far-left Boston mayor spent Thursday grandstanding about “unconstitutional and violent federal operations.” She signed an executive order banning ICE from using city property. She held a press conference. She issued statements. She did all the things progressive mayors do when they want to signal to their base that they’re fighting the big bad federal government.

And then Friday came.

ICE agents rolled into Roslindale — Michelle Wu’s neighborhood — and arrested an illegal alien right out of his car.

The timing wasn’t coincidental. The location wasn’t accidental. This was federal law enforcement sending a message: your executive order means nothing.

The Paper Tiger Order

Let’s look at what Wu actually signed, because it’s a masterpiece of performative nonsense.

“An Executive Order To Protect Bostonians From Unconstitutional and Violent Federal Operations.”

The title alone tells you everything. It’s not a serious policy document. It’s a press release with a signature line. It’s designed to generate headlines and reassure progressive voters that their mayor is “doing something” about the mean immigration agents.

The order bans federal officials from using city property for immigration enforcement. It bars ICE from city buildings, parking lots, and parks. It “reaffirms” that Boston police will investigate “crimes committed by federal agents.”

Scary stuff. Except for one small problem: none of it matters.

Federal law enforcement doesn’t need Michelle Wu’s permission to enforce federal law. ICE agents don’t need to use city parking lots when they can use public streets. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution — that pesky document Wu apparently skipped in law school — means federal law trumps local executive orders every single time.

Wu knows this. Her lawyers know this. Everyone who worked on this order knows it’s unenforceable theater.

But it wasn’t about enforcement. It was about the performance. And ICE decided to deliver a performance of their own.

The Roslindale Welcome

Picture this. You’re Michelle Wu. You just signed your big executive order. You held your press conference. You got your coverage. You’re feeling good about yourself.

And then you turn on the news and see ICE agents in your neighborhood — your actual neighborhood, where you live — pulling an illegal alien out of his car and taking him into custody.

The agents didn’t need city property. They didn’t need a parking lot. They needed a public street and the authority granted to them by federal law.

Wu’s order didn’t stop them. Wu’s order didn’t slow them down. Wu’s order was as relevant to ICE operations as a “No Soliciting” sign is to the mailman.

The message couldn’t have been clearer if ICE had written it on a banner and flown it behind a plane: we don’t work for you, Mayor. We work for the federal government. And we’re going to do our jobs whether you like it or not.

The “Violence” Narrative

Wu justified her order by citing the deaths of two people during ICE operations — Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

This is the new progressive playbook. Find any incident involving law enforcement, strip it of all context, and use it to paint the entire agency as violent and dangerous.

Never mind that ICE agents deal with dangerous situations daily. Never mind that some of the people they’re arresting are violent criminals with extensive records. Never mind that resisting arrest creates the very danger that progressives then blame on officers.

In Wu’s telling, ICE is an invading army conducting “violent federal operations” against innocent Bostonians. The illegal aliens they’re arresting? Victims. The communities harboring fugitives from deportation orders? Heroes of the resistance.

It’s a complete inversion of reality. And it’s designed to make law enforcement impossible.

The Mask Complaint

Wu also complained that ICE agents wear masks to protect their identities.

This is rich. For years, progressives have defended Antifa members who wear masks to avoid identification while committing crimes. They’ve argued that masks protect protesters from “retaliation.” They’ve insisted that anonymity is sometimes necessary for people doing controversial work.

But when ICE agents wear masks to protect themselves and their families from the exact same activists who’ve been doxxing officers and showing up at their homes? Suddenly masks are a sign of authoritarian overreach.

ICE agents wear masks because progressives have created an environment where doing your job as an immigration officer makes you a target. Their families get harassed. Their addresses get posted online. Their kids get threatened at school.

Michelle Wu’s allies created that environment. Now she’s complaining about the precautions officers take in response.

The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

What the Order Actually Does

Here’s what Wu’s executive order actually accomplishes:

  1. It signals to illegal immigrants that Boston is a safe haven where they can hide from federal law.
  2. It tells ICE agents that the city government is hostile to their mission and will look for any excuse to interfere.
  3. It gives progressive activists a talking point about “resistance” to the Trump administration.
  4. It generates positive press coverage for Wu among her base.

That’s it. That’s the whole thing. The order doesn’t actually protect anyone from anything. It doesn’t change federal law. It doesn’t limit ICE authority. It doesn’t create any real barrier to enforcement.

It’s a participation trophy for progressives. A bumper sticker with a seal.

The Real Victims

You know who Wu’s order doesn’t help? The actual residents of Boston.

The citizens whose neighborhoods are less safe because criminals know the city won’t cooperate with federal law enforcement. The legal immigrants who followed the rules and resent being lumped in with people who didn’t. The workers whose wages are depressed by illegal labor. The taxpayers funding services for people who aren’t supposed to be here.

Wu doesn’t represent those people. She represents the progressive activist class that views immigration enforcement as inherently racist and any attempt to control the border as fascism.

And she’s willing to turn her city into a magnet for illegal immigration to prove her ideological bona fides.

The Precedent

What happens when mayors across the country decide they can nullify federal law with executive orders?

We’ve been down this road before. It was called “massive resistance” when Southern governors tried to block federal civil rights enforcement in the 1960s. The federal government won then, and it will win now.

The Supremacy Clause exists for a reason. Federal law is the supreme law of the land. Local officials don’t get to pick and choose which federal laws they’ll allow to be enforced in their jurisdictions.

Michelle Wu can sign all the executive orders she wants. ICE is still going to do its job. The only question is how much political theater she wants to generate while they do it.

The Bottom Line

Michelle Wu signed an executive order on Thursday telling ICE to stay out of Boston.

On Friday, ICE arrested an illegal alien in her neighborhood.

That’s not just enforcement. That’s a message. And the message is: your paper means nothing. Your press conference means nothing. Your virtue signaling means nothing.

Federal law will be enforced. Immigration orders will be executed. And no amount of progressive grandstanding will change that.

Michelle Wu learned that lesson the hard way. In her own backyard. On camera.

And somewhere in Washington, ICE leadership is probably still laughing.

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