Boston Mayor Michelle Wu defended the whopping $650,000 legal bill the city paid to help her prepare for a Congressional hearing on sanctuary cities, saying it was necessary amid threats to put

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testified before a House committee on so-called "sanctuary cities" in Washington Wednesday.

She stood up for the city and refused to cower in the face of threats and smears,” one of more than 480 respondents said.

The theatrical hearing reflected enormous tensions as President Donald Trump continues a major crackdown on undocumented immigration, with Democrats and Republicans sparring over the course of proceedings.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stood by her decision to spend well over half a million taxpayer dollars to prepare for

Fresh off the mayor’s defense of the city’s sanctuary policies and public safety record before a Congressional oversight committee, the Boston City Council held a community-based hearing where advocates pushed for expansion of the Trust Act.

Boston’s Wu among 4 mayors facing grilling on immigration from House Republicans. There’s no strict definition for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities, but th