The Democratic mayors of Denver, Chicago, Boston, and New York City were grilled for hours over their so-called sanctuary city policies at a Congressional hearing Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushes his aggressive immigration agenda and threatens to punish cities that don’t comply.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson testified before Congress about his city's sanctuary policies, rejecting the claim that the laws protects violent criminals.
The proposal includes $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts. It kick-starts a weeks-long process to draft the details and merge it with the Senate's package. But some say hitting those targets will mean cuts to Medicaid and other programs and services.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Democratic leaders from three other major U.S. cities are set to testify Wednesday morning before a Republican-led congressional committee holding a hearing on sanctuary policies for immigrants,