The group of artists, working under the name “Silence Dogood,” said Boston has been committed to liberty since the age of the American Revolution.

Massachusetts has a 250-year history of standing up to bullies and self-anointed kings,” Carol Rose, of the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, said.

NewsCenter 5 political reporter Sharman Sacchetti, who was in the room as Wu's testimony in congress on "sanctuary cities" unfolded, sat down for a Q&A with NewsCenter 5's Jessica Brown and Ben Simmoneau on Thursday,