Johnson: ICE Is Melting, Finally

Mayor Johnson vows to hold ICE agents accountable for criminal conduct

Claiming there is “no such thing as absolute immunity in America,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he plans to make Chicago the first city in the nation to hold the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers accountable for criminal conduct.In a defiant address to the National Press Club, Johnson said Chicagoans are “asking us to do more in this moment” to challenge President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement action…

Chicago, Boston, And Minneapolis Mayors Join Forces To Block ICE

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he isn’t working alone when it comes to handling federal immigration enforcement. On Wednesday, the mayor revealed that he is in constant contact with leaders from other sanctuary cities to figure out the best ways to block federal agents from carrying out deportations. Speaking at the National Press Club, Johnson […] Chicago, Boston, And Minneapolis Mayors Join Forces To Block ICE

Johnson: ICE is melting, finally

Trump's stunning call for an investigation into the killing of a 37-year-old ICE nurse by an ICE agent capped a heated 72 hours that might finally defuse the president's heinous immigration policy.

Mayor Johnson calls for Civil Rights Movement response to ICE, says ‘moment calls for boldness’ – Chicago Sun-Times

“This moment calls for boldness — not some sort of pragmatic pragmatism to a tyrant. In fact, that’s how we got in this mess in the first place. It’s because we were too tepid,” Johnson told reporters. “We’ve got to challenge these corporations and the rich to pay their fair share in taxes. The next step and level ... has to be real, organized resistance, as what we saw organized and prepared in the Civil Rights Movement. We cannot just simply l…

Mayor Johnson vows to find ways to hold ICE agents, and Greg Bovino, accountable for criminal conduct

Claiming there is “no such thing as absolute immunity in America,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he plans to make Chicago the first city in the nation to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Border Patrol officers accountable for criminal conduct. In a defiant address to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Johnson said Chicagoans are “asking us to do more in this moment” to challenge President Donald Trump’s immigr…