Chicago Mayor Going To War With Trump Over Possible Immigration Crackdown

Leftists in sanctuary cities and states are scrambling to stop Donald Trump’s deportation efforts, but is there anything they can realistically to to interfere with operations to remove illegal aliens from the US?  Short of going to war with the federal government and a majority of the American public, the answer is no.    

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced he is taking steps to fight President Donald Trump’s expected immigration crackdown and potential National Guard deployment in the Chicago area.  Johnson signed the “Protecting Chicago” executive order on Saturday as the Trump administration prepares to conduct a major immigration enforcement operation, which could start as soon as next week.

Johnson had a glassy, wide-eyed look of fear as he signed his executive order, indicating that the far-left politician is probably aware that if he takes his interference too far he might end up in handcuffs just like the estimated 550,000 illegal migrants currently residing in Chicago. 

Johnson’s order prevents any cooperation between local law enforcement and federal agents on the ground.  It demands that federal agents operate without masks and that they display their names and badge numbers (an act that would expose them and their families to possible retribution by leftist activists).  The mayor also directed an army of lawyers working for the city to pursue all legal and legislative avenues to bog down White House operations in the courts. 

Johnson has also recently called for direct interference against ICE arrests and any National Guard presence by local activist groups.

Democrats like Johnson consistently call for actions to “defend their people” from federal sweeps, but illegal immigrants are not citizens of Chicago.  They belong to no city or state, and they do not have a reasonable expectation of the same due process that Americans citizens have.  Due process for an illegal immigrant under federal law is simply identifying that they are illegal, and then booting them out of the country.

This is why the Trump Administration has considerable latitude when it comes to mass deportations.  Numerous Illinois officials including Governor JB Pritzker have admitted that there is very little they can do to prevent deportations.  Ald. Ray Lopez, who represents the 15th Ward, believes the deployment of National Guard troops could help improve public safety and does not believe the mayor’s executive order accomplishes much. 

“I believe that we already work with the federal government on multiple levels. This would be an enhancement to that, and there are safeguards in place, and there should be nothing stopping us from exploring those options. Look, if he president and mayor actually had a real conversation instead of talking at each other, maybe we could work some of this out…”  

Thousands of Chicago residents, specifically in black communities, have complained about the immigration surge which has swallowed up jobs and housing in the city.  Mayor Johnson’s voter base is against him.

The reason Democrats have been so insistent on defending illegal aliens is complex.  First, mass immigration support the overall agenda of the political left to erase western culture and national borders in the long term. 

Second, mass immigration allows blue states to gain political leverage through redistricting and the Electoral College by artificially pumping up population numbers in the census (the census does not currently distinguish between legal and illegal residents in the total population). 

Third, Democrats have long sought to institute a mass amnesty bill which would make all illegals into voting citizens, thereby securing Democrat political power for generations to come. 

Trump’s ICE operations are in direct conflict with the log running leftist agenda to hijack the US political system and make native born Americans into minorities in their own country.  It should also be noted, for the people who whine constantly that Trump is “not doing enough”, that this is an example what his administration has to deal with on a daily basis.  Democrats have chosen illegal immigration and open borders as the hill they want to die on and they are doing everything in their power to sabotage migrant removal.