A Republican is recommending the mayors of Chicago, Boston, Denver and New York City to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal prosecution.
The bombshell announcement came from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday examining the impacts of sanctuary city policies.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu all sat before the lawmakers to testify about their sanctuary city policies.
Fiery exchanges between the liberal city mayors and Republican lawmakers rattled off every 10 minutes as 60 members from both sides of the aisle waited to have their questions answered.
During the session, Luna sought to draw connections between the Democratic mayors’ immigration agendas and federal crimes, like harboring illegal immigrants.
After questioning each of the Democrats, Luna claimed the mayors could be running afoul of the law.
‘It’s very clear that these policies … that are active and alive and well in your cities, are in direct violation with Title 8, U.S. Code, § 1324,’ Luna claimed.
‘You all speak about a broken immigration system, and yet here you guys are aiding and abetting in that entire process,’ she told the mayors.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna holding up papers she said she would send to the DOJ recommending the prosecution of the Democratic mayors
New York City Mayor Eric Adams testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing titled ‘A Hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors’ in Washington, DC on March 5, 2025
Then Luna told the Democrats she would be referring them to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
‘I do not think you guys are bad people, but I think that you are ideologically misled, which is why, unfortunately, based on your responses, I’m all going to be criminally referring you to the Department of Justice for investigation, and as soon as I leave here, these will be going over to pay Bondi,’ Luna stated, holding up what appear to be legal papers.
‘I’m not doing that to an effort to bully you guys,’ Luna continued. ‘But I do believe that your policies are hurting the American people.’
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., also unloaded, aiming her fire at Mayor Wu.
‘Do you believe that ice arresting a child rapist ‘threatens everyone’s safety?» Mace asked the Boston mayor.
Wu responded ‘no.’
‘Does ice arresting a murderous MS-13 game member threaten everyone’s safety?’ Mace asked.
‘No,’ Wu replied again.
Then Mace held up a printed statement from the Democrat stating ‘ICE’s efforts actually threaten the safety of everyone’ and called Wu a ‘hypocrite.’
Democrats, on the other hand, called the Republican’s oversight of the mayors ‘total bulls***.’
‘My colleagues across the aisle are producing TV ads to try to pretend they’re making this country safe,’ Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., yelled during the hearing. ‘It’s total bulls***.’
‘Absolute bulls***. They are not making America safer again,’ she petitioned.
‘And what they are doing is terrorizing immigrant families,’ she said of Trump’s immigration officials.
