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The move prompted a swift backlash from city leaders, with many mayors joining a last-minute boycott of the White House meeting.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D), the head of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, announced the boycott shortly before the event, overshadowing the planned discussion on infrastructure and combating the opioid epidemic.
New York City's Bill de Blasio was the highest-profile mayor to join the boycott.
"I will NOT be attending today's meeting at the White House after @realDonaldTrump's Department of Justice decided to renew their racist assault on our immigrant communities," de Blasio tweeted.
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