"The order, effective immediately, forbids Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using city-owned or controlled parking lots, vacant lots, and garages as staging areas, processing locations, or operations bases. In a press conference, Johnson said the directive was needed after agents recently used multiple city sites to coordinate immigration raids. Such use of City property undermines community trust and runs counter to Chicago's Welcoming City Ordinance, Johnson's office said."
"The move comes shortly after Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) condemned President Donald Trump's plan to deploy hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago, calling it Trump's invasion. Trump's order, signed by War Secretary Pete Hegseth, allows up to 400 Texas troops to operate in Illinois and Oregon for 60 days with the potential for an extension. Addressing the troop deployment at the presser, Johnson added: Let me just say that we are unequivocally going to continue to reject the military occupation of our city. The Trump administration must end the war on Chicago. The Trump administration must end this war against Americans, the Trump administration must end its attempt to dismantle our democracy."
Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order immediately barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using city-owned or controlled parking lots, vacant lots, and garages as staging areas, processing locations, or operations bases. The directive responds to recent incidents in which agents used multiple city sites to coordinate immigration raids and asserts that such use undermines community trust and conflicts with the city's Welcoming City Ordinance. Johnson accused federal agents of acting without accountability and called them a rogue, heavily armed group. The move follows Governor J.B. Pritzker's condemnation of a proposed Texas National Guard deployment, which Johnson rejected as a military occupation.
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