During a Monday press conference, the left-wing Democrat mayor excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as “a rogue, reckless group of heavily armed, masked individuals” and claimed to have made certain parts of the city off-limits to federal law enforcement officers. “We will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residents’ constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority.” Johnson’s office said after he signed this likely illegal order meant to impede federal law enforcement. Johnson’s overheated rhetoric comes while he has ordered the Chicago Police not to give aid to federal law enforcement officials who are being assaulted by violent protesters who have ramped up their attacks with impunity outside ICE facilities around the country.
Author: Warner Todd Huston, Warner Todd Huston
Published at: 2025-10-06 21:40:53
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