{"id":198894,"date":"2026-02-01T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/chicago-mayor-orders-police-to-investigate-alleged-illegal-ice-activity-in-city-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:37:07","slug":"chicago-mayor-orders-police-to-investigate-alleged-illegal-ice-activity-in-city-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/chicago-mayor-orders-police-to-investigate-alleged-illegal-ice-activity-in-city-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago mayor orders police to investigate alleged illegal ICE activity in city – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Johnson gives police \u2018clear procedure\u2019 to follow if they witness or get reports of agents involved in illegal activity
Chicago\u2019s mayor Brandon Johnson has ordered Chicago<\/a> police to investigate and document alleged illegal activity by federal immigration (ICE) agents in the city, a move that will escalate tensions over jurisdiction between local and federal authorities.
The executive order, titled ICE on Notice<\/a>, gives Chicago police \u201cclear procedure\u201d to follow if they witness or receive reports of ICE agents involved in illegal activity and refer evidence of potential violations to city prosecutors.
\u201cNobody is above the law,\u201d Johnson said in a statement on Twitter\/X.<\/a> \u201cWith today\u2019s order, we are putting ICE on notice in our city. Chicago is leading the way as the first city to create infrastructure for holding ICE and CBP agents accountable for crimes against our communities\u201d.
The order comes as a federal judge order denied Minnesota\u2019s bid<\/a> to temporarily block the immigration crackdown, rejecting an argument that the federal immigration crackdown in the state did not violate the 10th amendment of the constitution which limits federal power.
Chicago\u2019s move opens up a different avenue, and asserts power to investigate and prosecute the actions of federal law enforcement in the city. But federal authorities typically have the power to block local inquiries, and federal judges typically uphold federal authority over local, especially in matters relating to immigration.
City officials drafted the measure in response to immigration operations that, according to the mayor\u2019s office, have \u201cviolated constitutionally protected rights, destabilized communities, and provoked life-threatening confrontations while remaining insulated from local or civilian oversight\u201d.
The order allows Chicago police to ensure that any body-camera footage captured during an incident is preserved; seek to identify the federal supervisory officer on scene; and report any violation of state or local law by federal agents.
Cook county\u2019s state attorney office said it \u201cremains committed to protecting public safety, ensuring accountability and upholding the rule of law alongside our law enforcement partners\u201d.
The directive comes as concerns in Chicago mount that ICE operations could ramp up in the city when operations begin to wind down in Minneapolis, as the Trump administration<\/a> has indicated they will \u2013 subject to local cooperation.
Johnson signed an executive order in October that sought to limit where federal agents can gather, declaring city-owned or controlled parking lots, vacant lots and garages as \u201cICE-free\u201d zones.
Last week, he called for a national civil rights movement in response to federal immigration actions.
\u201cThis moment calls for boldness \u2013 not some sort of pragmatic pragmatism to a tyrant,\u201d he said. \u201cIn fact, that\u2019s how we got in this mess in the first place. It\u2019s because we were too tepid. We nibbled around the edges as Democrats, and instead of fighting and standing up for the interests of working people, we capitulated to corporations and the ultra-rich.\u201d
He added that his administration was looking for ways \u201cnot just to bring charges and investigation against the federal overreach, but how we can create a process that allows for prosecution of these individuals\u201d.
On Saturday, Donald Trump warned he wouldn\u2019t send federal help to quell protests in \u201cpoorly run\u201d Democratic cities unless they ask for help.
\u201cI have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and\/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social<\/a>.
\u201cWe will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Brandon Johnson gives police \u2018clear procedure\u2019 to follow if they witness or get reports of agents involved in illegal activityChicago\u2019s mayor Brandon Johnson has ordered Chicago police to investigate and document alleged illegal activity by federal immigration (ICE) agents in the city, a move that will escalate tensions over jurisdiction between local and federal authorities.The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-198894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}