Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday she would "never back down from an opportunity to defend" the city, as she prepared to do just that before Congress on Wednesday.

Mayor Michelle Wu “expects to pay” up to $650,000 to prepare for tomorrow’s congressional hearing on sanctuary cities, the mayor’s office told the Herald.

When Mayor Wu goes to Washington, D.C, to defend Boston's status as a "sanctuary city," she will be articulating a moral argument, not a political one, argues one letter writer.