Mayor Accused of Covering up Plot to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans
Government watchdog Judicial Watch is suing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for records related to his reported plans to resist the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. Johnson’s office is now facing an open records lawsuit after denying that such documents exist.
“Sure enough, this scandal is worsened by the evident cover-up of the full scope of Mayor Johnson’s lawlessness, which Judicial Watch aims to remedy with our open records lawsuit," @TomFitton (3/3). https://t.co/fgl0PZkKFa
— Judicial Watch ⚖️ (@JudicialWatch) January 23, 2025
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s election win, on November 12, the Democrat mayor held a press conference where he pledged that Chicago would remain a so-called “sanctuary city,” i.e. a liberal jurisdiction that refuses to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. In accordance, city officials will continue to shield all illegal aliens in Chicago from federal deportation officers, Johnson promised.
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, who’s tasked with leading the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” said he’d cut off federal funds from cities, such as Chicago, that do not assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Chicago is on the list of the first “sanctuary cities” to be cleaned up under Trump. Homan warned that Johnson better not “impede” the Trump administration’s work or else face prosecution. “If he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien—I will prosecute him,” Homan said of Johnson.
Johnson, speaking for the first time on the outcome of the presidential race, called Trump “a tyrant” and those threats “dangerous.” (Read more from “Mayor Accused of Covering up Plot to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans” HERE)
