2022 Politics Story

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey waves to the audience watching from above during her swearing-in ceremony at Boston City Hall on March 24, 2021 in...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey waves to the audience watching from above during her swearing-in ceremony at Boston City Hall on March 24, 2021 in Boston. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey places her hand on her grandfather's Bible, held by her granddaughter, Rosie Janey, 6, as she is sworn-in at Boston...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey places her hand on her grandfather's Bible, held by her granddaughter, Rosie Janey, 6, as she is sworn-in at Boston City Hall on March 24, 2021 in Boston. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey gets flowers from her daughter, Kimesha Janey, left, in her office following her swearing-in ceremony at Boston City Hall on...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey gets flowers from her daughter, Kimesha Janey, left, in her office following her swearing-in ceremony at Boston City Hall on March 24, 2021 in Boston. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Clergy from several faiths, including Catholic Cardinal Se‡n O'Malley, right, perform a socially distant laying of hands as they pray over Acting Mayor Kim Janey...

Clergy from several faiths, including Catholic Cardinal Se‡n O'Malley, right, perform a socially distant laying of hands as they pray over Acting Mayor Kim Janey an interfaith prayer service at Congregaci—n Le—n de Jud‡ in Boston on March 26, 2021. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks with reporters during a news conference following her swearing-in ceremony at Boston City Hall on March 24, 2021 in...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks with reporters during a news conference following her swearing-in ceremony at Boston City Hall on March 24, 2021 in Boston. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey laces up her Converse sneakers in her Boston City Hall office as she gets ready to head out for a...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey laces up her Converse sneakers in her Boston City Hall office as she gets ready to head out for a community event on June 25, 2021. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey, left, talks with Boston Chief of Policy Mary Churchill as they take the MBTA Green Line back to City Hall...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey, left, talks with Boston Chief of Policy Mary Churchill as they take the MBTA Green Line back to City Hall following a news conference on March 29, 2021 in Boston. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey pets Labrador mix Lana Turner during a tour of small businesses in South Boston on March 25, 2021. Photo by...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey pets Labrador mix Lana Turner during a tour of small businesses in South Boston on March 25, 2021. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks about the guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at Boston City Hall...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey speaks about the guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at Boston City Hall on April 20, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo by Angela Rowlings

A portrait of acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey as a 5-year-old girl is seen on the wall of her Boston City Hall office as she...

A portrait of acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey as a 5-year-old girl is seen on the wall of her Boston City Hall office as she makes phone calls on June 25, 2021. Photo by Angela Rowlings

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey is embraced by Rep. Nika Elugardo following her farewell address at Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square on November 10, 2021...

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey is embraced by Rep. Nika Elugardo following her farewell address at Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square on November 10, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo by Angela Rowlings

MATAMOROS, MX- JUNE 5: A group of teenagers sit on a bench at a pool in Matamoros, Mexico on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Some of...

MATAMOROS, MX- JUNE 5: A group of teenagers sit on a bench at a pool in Matamoros, Mexico on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Some of teens are involved with cartels acting as human smugglers and a group named CAMEF in Matamoros are trying to help them get out of that life. The group tries to get them involved in activities like playing soccer or going to the pool and raise money for them so that the teens don't depend on the cartel. (Sergio Flores/The Washington Post)

Smugglers bring a raft full of migrants to the American side of the Rio Grande on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Roma, TX. Migrants are...

Smugglers bring a raft full of migrants to the American side of the Rio Grande on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Roma, TX. Migrants are sent across on rafts by smugglers on a nightly basis with some nights seeing as many as a dozen rafts coming across in the area. The migrants walk then walk a trail that leads toward Border Patrol agents who wait to process them. Sergio Flores/De Volkskrant

MISSION, TX- FEB 10: A group of undocumented immigrants wait to be processed after being apprehended at the U.S. border near Mission, Texas on Wednesday,...

MISSION, TX- FEB 10: A group of undocumented immigrants wait to be processed after being apprehended at the U.S. border near Mission, Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Various police departments from around the McAllen area assisted in apprehending unauthorized migrants. Nearly 100 migrants were apprehended in a span of about an hour. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

MISSION, TX- FEB 10: A pregnant woman is taken into an ambulance after being apprehended at the U.S. border near Mission, Texas on Wednesday, Feb....

MISSION, TX- FEB 10: A pregnant woman is taken into an ambulance after being apprehended at the U.S. border near Mission, Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Various police departments from around the McAllen area assisted in apprehending unauthorized migrants. Nearly 100 migrants were apprehended in a span of about an hour. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

Jose Eliberto Hernandez Lopez lays down with his daughter Enya on his chest and his son Jose next to him at a migrant shelter on...

Jose Eliberto Hernandez Lopez lays down with his daughter Enya on his chest and his son Jose next to him at a migrant shelter on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 in Matamoros, Mexico. The shelter, run by Pastor Abraham Barberi is currently beyond capacity with many families awaiting reviews to their asylum cases because they do not wish to cross into the United States illegally. (Sergio Flores/AFP)

BROWNSVILLE, TX- JUNE 3: Border Patrol agent Jesse Moreno finds three undocumented migrants in a field outside Brownsville, TX on Wednesday, June 3, 2021. Unauthorized...

BROWNSVILLE, TX- JUNE 3: Border Patrol agent Jesse Moreno finds three undocumented migrants in a field outside Brownsville, TX on Wednesday, June 3, 2021. Unauthorized crossings into the U.S. have continued after a large spike in activity after the announcement of the end of the Migrant Protection Program but many who cross are still being sent back under Title 42 which President Joe Biden has been pressured to end. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

BROWNSVILLE, TX- JUNE 3: The hands of an undocumented migrant from the state of Jalisco, Mexico are white and wrinkled after hiding in a very...

BROWNSVILLE, TX- JUNE 3: The hands of an undocumented migrant from the state of Jalisco, Mexico are white and wrinkled after hiding in a very wet field outside Brownsville, TX on Wednesday, June 3, 2021. Unauthorized crossings into the U.S. have continued after a large spike in activity after the announcement of the end of the Migrant Protection Program but many who cross are still being sent back under Title 42 which President Joe Biden has been pressured to end. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

CIUDAD ACUNA, MEX- SEPT 16: Migrants cross back and forth between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico on...

CIUDAD ACUNA, MEX- SEPT 16: Migrants cross back and forth between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti have arrived in the area over night. Del Rio has seen an influx of migrants mostly from Haiti since early 2021. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

DEL RIO, TX- SEPT 18: Migrants cross back into the U.S. side of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, TX Acuna, on Saturday, Sept. 18,...

DEL RIO, TX- SEPT 18: Migrants cross back into the U.S. side of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, TX Acuna, on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti have arrived in the area over night. Del Rio has seen an influx of migrants mostly from Haiti since early 2021. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

MISSION, TX- FEB 10: Undocumented immigrants sit inside a van before being transported for processing at the U.S. border near Mission, Texas on Wednesday, Feb....

MISSION, TX- FEB 10: Undocumented immigrants sit inside a van before being transported for processing at the U.S. border near Mission, Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Various police departments from around the McAllen area assisted in apprehending unauthorized migrants. Nearly 100 migrants were apprehended in a span of about an hour. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

LAREDO, TX- NOV 8: after the border reopened to non-essential travelers on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 in Laredo, TX. The border reopened with Canada and...

LAREDO, TX- NOV 8: after the border reopened to non-essential travelers on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 in Laredo, TX. The border reopened with Canada and Mexico to tourists which will help many border cities in Texas that rely on daily travelers for business that was lost during borders closing because of COVID19. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden...

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden...

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

A Pro-Trump rioter is helped after being sprayed with an irritant when they breached the security perimeter and penetrated the U.S. Capitol to protest against...

A Pro-Trump rioter is helped after being sprayed with an irritant when they breached the security perimeter and penetrated the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioter stands beneath an American flag as they breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote...

Pro-Trump rioter stands beneath an American flag as they breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden...

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters stand in the window near Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellÕs office after breaching the security perimeter and penetrating the U.S. Capitol to protest...

Pro-Trump rioters stand in the window near Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellÕs office after breaching the security perimeter and penetrating the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden...

Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

A Pro-Trump rioter exits after he and others breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count...

A Pro-Trump rioter exits after he and others breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters carry an injured individual as they breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count...

Pro-Trump rioters carry an injured individual as they breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters destroy network video gear as hundreds of others breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College...

Pro-Trump rioters destroy network video gear as hundreds of others breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

U.S. Capitol Police stand guard near the top of the Capitol as Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest...

U.S. Capitol Police stand guard near the top of the Capitol as Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.

Pro-Trump rioters are maced while attempting to breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that...

Pro-Trump rioters are maced while attempting to breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Under federal law, Jan. 6 is the date Electoral College votes determining the next president are counted in a joint session of Congress.