Marty Walsh seizes spotlight in Trump immigration battle
The past nine days have been a whirl for Mayor Martin J. Walsh. Within hours of President Trump’s inauguration, he appeared with tens of thousands of protesters on Boston Common. When Trump threatened to slash funding to cities that refuse to aid federal deportation efforts, the mayor offered up his City Hall office as shelter to undocumented immigrants.
And last weekend, amid a flurry of appearances on national television networks, Walsh was at protests at Logan Airport and Copley Square, lambasting Trump’s travel restrictions on refugees and immigrants that spiraled into chaos, tears, and lawsuits.
This was Marty in his moment, taking on a somewhat unexpected political foe — not in Boston, but hundreds of miles away in the White House. His elevation to the national stage has, some say, raised questions about Walsh’s own record on immigration — but also overshadowed a mayoral challenge from City Councilor Tito Jackson.
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