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Michelle Wu: “Finally, the order directs our team to use every legal…”

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Mayor Wu's Executive Order To Protect Bostonians From Unconstitutional, Violent Federal Operations

Published February 5, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:29

And if appropriate, we will make referrals to our partners, the Suffolk County District Attorney, Middlesex District Attorney and the Massachusetts Attorney General. Finally, the order directs our team to use every legal avenue to confront these coercive attacks on our cities. If we experience the kind of unlawful and unconstitutional invasion we've all seen in other parts of the country, then Boston will see the administration in court again. (01:29–01:36)

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Asserts that the executive order directs the use of legal avenues to confront coercive attacks on cities.

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