Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker was not asked to appear before the Congressional committee but Philadelphia’s policies mirror those of several of the cities that were taken to task there.

The Congressional hearing was part of a federal investigation into so-called "sanctuary cities."Committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, launched the probe back in January to look into what he described as "the policies of sanctuary jurisdictions and their impact on public safety and federal immigration enforcement.

Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities said Wednesday that Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points,

Republican members of Congress hammered four Democratic mayors Wednesday about their so-called sanctuary city policies, accusing them of