Big city mayors defend ‘sanctuary’ policies

CONGRESSIONAL HEARING

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS APPEARS BEFORE A HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM HEARING WITH SANCTUARY CITY MAYORS ON CAPITOL HILL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025, IN WASHINGTON. (AP PHOTO/ROD LAMKEY, JR.)

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Republicans, they said, were trying to paint their cities as overrun by criminal immigrants even as crime was falling. PAGE A6