The head of ICE said Wednesday that the agency was preparing to increase its presence in and around Boston, potentially ratcheting up tensions between local leaders and federal law enforcement officials.

Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, made the comments during an interview on “The Howie Carr Show” when he was asked to respond to Mayor Michelle Wu’s defiance of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda.

“100% you will see a larger ICE presence,” Lyons told Carr.

As Lyons oversees ICE’s efforts to enact President Donald Trump’s mass deportation goals, federal officials are targeting “sanctuary” jurisdictions where policies limit the ways in which local police can cooperate with federal immigration agents. Boston is one of these places, and Wu has engaged in a mon

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