Mayor Johnson warns Trump against deploying federal troops for immigration crackdown in Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson voiced concerns Monday astir imaginable national unit deployment to his metropolis arsenic portion of erstwhile President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown, informing the determination could beryllium unconstitutional and legally challenged.

Speaking astatine a City Hall quality conference, Johnson responded to reports of national plans to escalate migration enforcement successful sanctuary cities similar Chicago, calling the thought a menace to civilian liberties and section governance.

"It’s conscionable different illustration of his animus towards moving people," Johnson said. "I deliberation it’s important that the president respects the Constitution. If you’re asking maine whether this president volition enactment with metropolis leaders, it’s wide he’s not funny successful doing that."

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson told his constituents to "rise up successful this moment" against Trump’s deportation run crossed the country.

Johnson’s remarks came successful effect to a connection from a Trump medication authoritative to Rolling Stone, saying, "Chicago is next, if they spell excessively far," successful notation to caller protests and the city’s sanctuary policies. 

"The 2nd they do, the president is prepared to beryllium that cipher is supra the law," the authoritative added.

The comments travel anti-ICE and anti-Trump protests successful Chicago that echoed demonstrations nationwide, prompting national officials to reportedly show the concern closely—especially aft the Trump medication deployed National Guard forces to Los Angeles.

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

Mary Richardson-Lowry, the city’s Corporation Counsel, emphasized the ineligible limitations of specified a deployment. "We judge it is simply a usurpation of the Constitution to deploy troops oregon National Guard absent authorization nether the Constitution," she said.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson fears his metropolis mightiness beryllium the adjacent people of the Trump administration's crackdown connected amerciable immigration. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Last week, Johnson called for Chicagoans to "rise up" against ICE and what helium called immigration enforcement "terrorism."

Chicago has received much than 51,000 migrants from the confederate borderline since August 2022, galore bussed from Texas nether GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s relocation effort.

The latest tensions travel aft Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker testified earlier Congress past week successful defence of the state’s sanctuary metropolis policies.

U.S. National Guard deployed astir downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, pursuing an migration raid protestation the nighttime before. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

The mayor's bureau did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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