BOSTON—Boston’s “sanctuary city” shield just took a sledgehammer blow. Federal immigration agents stormed through the city last week in a no-holds-barred crackdown dubbed Operation Patriot 2.0, ripping rapists, child abusers, and drug traffickers out of neighborhoods that politicians insist are safe havens.

The Department of Homeland Security trumpeted the arrests in a fiery press release on Tuesday, warning that sanctuary policies pushed by Mayor Michelle Wu have turned Boston into a magnet for predators.

“Sanctuary policies like those pushed by Mayor Wu not only attract and harbor criminals but protect them at the peril of law-abiding American citizens,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin declared. “ICE is arresting rapists, child abusers, drug traffickers, and other violent thugs. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, nowhere is a safe haven for criminal illegal aliens.”

Rap Sheets Straight Out of a Horror Show

The list of names ICE paraded out reads like a courtroom nightmare:

• Victor Gomez-Perez, 33, Guatemala — charged with aggravated rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, indecent assault on a victim 14 or older, and assaulting a police officer. Convicted of assault.

• Kely Yohana Espinosa-Viana, 34, Colombia — charged with aggravated assault on a pregnant victim.

• Brahian Valdez-Placencia, 31, Dominican Republic — facing armed robbery, assault and battery, strangulation, and violation of a court order.

• Joshua Gonzalez Baez, 24, Dominican Republic — charged with trafficking heroin and other narcotics, plus resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

• Samuel Armando Barrera-Hernandez, 20, Guatemala — charged with assault and battery on a child.

• Noe Feliciano Garcia-Majia, 38, Guatemala — previously arrested for strangulation, assault with a dangerous weapon, and domestic assault.

• Paulo Lima Borges, 39, Cape Verde — convicted for cocaine and heroin distribution.

Wu Digs In

Even as ICE trumpeted the busts, Wu has made clear she won’t budge from her sanctuary stance — a policy that critics argue leaves Boston’s families exposed. ICE officials hammered the point, saying the city has become a safe harbor for the very predators they are now dragging out in handcuffs.

To federal agents, it’s proof that Boston’s sanctuary shield isn’t protecting immigrants — it’s protecting rapists, child abusers, and drug traffickers. And while Wu vows she won’t back down, ICE is making one thing brutally clear: they’ll keep coming back until every last predator is gone.