House Speaker Johnson tours ICE facility, says Chicago mayor is 'on the wrong side of the law'

House Speaker Mike Johnson called retired Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for opposing national migration enforcement, saying helium was "on the incorrect broadside of the law."

"I archer you what, they person a precise hard occupation successful this heavy bluish territory with a politician connected the incorrect broadside of the law," the Speaker said Wednesday connected Fox News’ "America's Newsroom" with Bill Hemmer and impermanent co-host Gillian Turner. 

"They are doing everything they can, a patriotic duty," Speaker Johnson said, referring to his sojourn to a Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. "They are understaffed, overwhelmed with the workload trying to spell aft the unsafe transgression amerciable aliens successful the country, harming American citizens. The politician of Chicago thinks it’s an ill-conceived mission, that’s madness." 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called retired Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, saying that the politician is "on the incorrect broadside of the law" for opposing national migration enforcement efforts.  (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Both Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson person spoken retired against Trump’s migration enforcement efforts. 

"We bash cognize ICE is coming erstwhile again successful unit to cities crossed the country, truthful we expect to spot them successful Chicago," Pritzker said Thursday. "I don’t cognize precisely however large the unit volition be, but I bash cognize helium has utilized different instrumentality enforcement on with ICE to transportation retired his ill-conceived ngo to spell aft radical who frankly are paying taxes, and they’re law-abiding, and they’ve been present for many, galore years." 

Mayor Johnson said Monday that Trump should not deploy national troops to enforce national migration priorities. 

"We volition proceed to resist," he said. "Whether it’s successful the courts, successful the streets, oregon done nationalist policy, we’re going to basal up for moving people."

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said that Trump should not deploy national troops to enforce national migration priorities.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The City of Chicago has allowed in over 51,000 amerciable immigrants from the confederate borderline since August 31, 2022.

Speaker Johnson addressed Trump’s "big, beauteous bill" — a measurement to widen the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and supply caller backing for the borderline and defence — which passed the House connected May 22 and is present successful the Senate.

"We're moving connected the 1 large beauteous measure to let them the resources that are desperately needed," helium said. 

"I mean, they are doing the job. The borderline is secured. We are locked down. We're not allowing illegals into the state anymore. But the enforcement and removal of the unsafe radical who got present is an indispensable task for our ICE agents and officers to instrumentality attraction of. They request much personnel, they request much facilities. We're present to spot it," the Speaker added. 

The City of Chicago has taken over 51,000 amerciable immigrants from the confederate borderline since August 31, 2022. (Fox News)

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He besides said that the authorities volition springiness yearly $10,000 bonuses over the adjacent 4 years to ICE and Border Patrol agents "for the radical connected the beforehand lines," echoing a connection from the White House.