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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls for Arrests of ICE Officers
Breitbart ^ | 10/07/25 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 10/07/2025 8:00:40 PM PDT by Libloather

Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested on Tuesday that the Chicago Police should arrest ICE agents and other federal officers who he claims are breaking his new executive order aimed at hampering immigration enforcement.

On Monday, Johnson signed a dubious executive order creating “ICE-Free Zones” to ban federal agents from using city-owned properties as staging areas for immigration enforcement.

Johnson’s proclamation comes as President Donald Trump suggested that the anti-ICE actions by Chicago’s leaders are akin to an insurrection against the federal government.

Now, the mayor is claiming that violations of his orders are a “crime” and those who break those rules “should be charged.”

“It’s a crime. Here’s the thing, anyone who commits a crime should be charged,” Johnson said on Tuesday, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I mean, isn’t that the basic rule of what they ostensibly refer to as ‘law and order?'”

Despite Johnson’s bellicosity, Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling was less willing to support arresting federal officers and noted that he can’t really expect CPD officers to arrest federal law enforcement “because someone deems what they are doing is illegal.”

Snelling had also told the press that the CPD has no duty to interfere in ICE activities, and said, “We do not interfere with the duties and responsibilities of federal agents. We don’t have to agree with it. It doesn’t matter.”

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s office also demurred from taking a stance on the mayor’s threats.

Despite the lack of direct support for his confrontational proclamations, Johnson insisted that he intends to prosecute federal officers.

“We’re going to see people in court,” Johnson exclaimed. “As far as other authority that allows for us to be able to enforce this ordinance, we’re exploring.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: aliens; arrest; brandonjohnson; breitbart; chicago; cookcounty; cpd; demagogicparty; eileenoneillburke; ice; illinois; insurrection; insurrectionists; jbpritzker; johnson; larrysnelling; sedition; warnertoddhuston

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To: Libloather
"I don't think I will let you arrest us today"


61 posted on 10/07/2025 10:17:33 PM PDT by Bobalu (Are you one of the men who just wanted to be left alone?)
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To: TigersEye

Believe me, there are bosses on the CPD that are dumb enough to try ordering a PO to do this; and there are PO’s dumb enough to follow that order.


62 posted on 10/07/2025 10:23:51 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: Libloather

Insurrection... Arrest and send to gitmo. Right now. I remember reading about whisky rebellions, veterans wanting benefits, and the fed really cracking down on a few hundred people... Arrest them all and send to gitmo and let history play out.


63 posted on 10/07/2025 10:38:56 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: rlmorel
It isn’t good for our country to have a single viable political party,

In his farewell address, didn’t George Washington counsel against the United States having any political parties?

64 posted on 10/07/2025 10:45:35 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: ripnbang

👍


65 posted on 10/07/2025 11:31:34 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Libloather
“Chicago's Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested on Tuesday that the Chicago Police should arrest ICE agents”

Hee_Haww! Hee_Haww! Hee_Haww!

66 posted on 10/07/2025 11:38:47 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Libloather

So Johnson thinks he can use a local mayor’s executive order to arrest federal officers for enforcing federal law? He’s truly a “special” kind of moron.


67 posted on 10/07/2025 11:43:19 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: doc maverick

Yes he is.


68 posted on 10/07/2025 11:48:11 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: Libloather

.............uh..........................


69 posted on 10/08/2025 12:15:23 AM PDT by Tzimisce ( )
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To: Libloather

He won’t arrest drug g lords and criminals but he’ll arrest ICE officers. Seriously, I’ve had an enough of these insurrectionists.


70 posted on 10/08/2025 1:40:08 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Libloather
Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested on Tuesday that the Chicago Police should arrest ICE agents and other federal officers who he claims are breaking his new executive order aimed at hampering immigration enforcement.

He looks like an idiot and he sounds like an idiot. But he really is an idiot.

71 posted on 10/08/2025 2:36:32 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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To: Libloather
So the mayor unilaterally declares a law, and then insists Federal agents be arrested under his new made-up law?! Who does this jerk think he is?!
72 posted on 10/08/2025 2:38:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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To: Libloather

“Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested on Tuesday that the Chicago Police should arrest ICE agents and other federal officers who he claims are breaking his new executive order”

so now this fool pretends his “executive orders” are equivalent to the force of actual legislation? ... exactly what are the “crimes” supposedly being prohibited in these “executive orders” and what are the penalties?

this guy is completely nuts and has totally run off the rails ...


73 posted on 10/08/2025 2:44:06 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Libloather
If I am correct Cities are chartered by the State; so, Chicago is a creature of Illinois. So; Illinois is rebelling against federal law. So; Insurrection. The only problem is, Illinois doesn't appear to have a military to fight with. Are they going to rant and rave and burn their own cities to the ground?
74 posted on 10/08/2025 2:49:42 AM PDT by 55Ford (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.Xy4oYwb)
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To: Libloather
Next step - some good ol' boys from Rogers Park or West Lawn are going to paint a Chicago flag on the roof of their Prius and start jumping the Des Plaines River to avoid the cops.

The show will feature Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton in tight shorts to attract an audience.

75 posted on 10/08/2025 2:52:45 AM PDT by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: doc maverick
Johnson wants police as HIS army against the Republic.

It does appear that the slavery-loving, human-trafficking democrats are trying to get their confederacy together again.

76 posted on 10/08/2025 2:54:04 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Libloather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37y1S6L14U

2 minute video of Sheriff Grady Judd (Polk County, FL) responding to the inaction of the Chicago police department.


77 posted on 10/08/2025 2:56:38 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: Libloather

This is insurrection.

The mayor of Chicago is about to be converted into a federalist.


78 posted on 10/08/2025 3:06:05 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: bakeneko
Believe me, there are bosses on the CPD that are dumb enough to try ordering a PO to do this; and there are PO’s dumb enough to follow that order.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'd say there will be a few CPDOs who will be shot, if that happens. ICE officers are now wired for survival. None of them will subject themselves to voluntary arrest.

79 posted on 10/08/2025 3:10:36 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: plain talk

Im quite sure his order is null and void. He runs a city, he cannot dictate federal immigration law…. He can lie to the illegals and tell them about the mythical ICE free zones…. Just like at one point they declared Chicago a “sanctuary city”. All he is doing is giving the illegals a false sense of security. ICE will not be stopped by this clown and Id love to see him send CPD off to arrest them while theyre working.


80 posted on 10/08/2025 3:14:23 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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