DC mayor removes sanctuary city webpage

It would appear that the left’s strongest bastion, Washington, D.C., is backing down on its dedication to advancing wokeness.

As BizPac Review previously reported, Mayor Muriel Bowser revealed the Black Lives Matter Plaza that had been established in response to the 2020 George Floyd riots could soon be removed as the town undergoes an “evolution” to focus more on fired federal employees.

“We have long considered Black Lives Matter Plaza’s evolution, and the plaza will be part of DC’s America 250 mural project, where we will invite students and artists to create new murals across all eight wards,” the mayor’s social statement read. “The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference. The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our number one concern. Our focus is on economic growth, public safety, and supporting our residents affected by these cuts.”

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— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) March 5, 2025

This upset many leftists who believed Bowser’s focus should be on uplifting the black community, but apparently, it was just a taste of what was to come.

On Friday, Axios reported that Washington, D.C.’s “sanctuary city” webpage was removed from the local government website, leaving many to wonder if this is going to be accompanied by a change of official policy.

“The webpage had contained statements Bowser made after the 2016 election, when she declared D.C. was ‘doubling down’ on being a sanctuary city. At the time, Bowser marshaled taxpayer dollars to fight deportations, creating grants for defense lawyers and nonprofits to help undocumented immigrants,” the outlet reported. “She put D.C. in the same camp as Chicago, Los Angeles and other Democratic-run cities and states who were resisting the first Trump administration’s deportation threats.”

The removal of the page directly contradicts her previous stance on the controversial issue.

“Bowser no longer uses the phrase ‘sanctuary city,’ she said last month, ‘because I think it is misleading,’” Axios continued.

“It’s misleading to suggest to anyone that if you’re violating immigration laws, that this is a place where you can violate immigration laws,” Bowser had said. “You are vulnerable to federal immigration enforcement.”

She also revealed that the local government will “follow the law” when asked about honoring ICE detainers.

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to BizPac Review.

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