U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to deploy the military in Chicago for immigrant enforcement, while the Chicago mayor has warned of "resistance."
According to CNN on the 30th (local time), Brandon Johnson, the Chicago mayor affiliated with the Democratic Party, signed an executive order on that day outlining how to resist Trump's immigration enforcement.
This executive order demands that President Trump refrain from deploying the military to crack down on undocumented immigrants and includes confirmations that the Chicago police will not cooperate with federal agents in joint immigration enforcement operations.
The executive order also instructs each department of the Chicago city government to pursue all available legal options to resist actions by the federal government that "violate the rights of Chicagoans."
Before signing the executive order, Mayor Johnson noted, "We could see a militarized immigration enforcement. The National Guard, and even active-duty soldiers and armed vehicles may be on the streets. We did not ask for this, and the public did not request it either, but we must respond to it anyway."
However, CNN reported that it remains uncertain how effective an executive order demanding President Trump halt the deployment of the military to Chicago for immigration law enforcement will be.
The Trump administration plans to launch a large-scale crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Chicago, the largest city in the Midwest, utilizing armored vehicles and various tactical equipment as early as Sept. 5. On the 11th, Trump also decided to place Washington's law enforcement under federal control for immigration enforcement and to deploy the National Guard to assist in Washington's law enforcement.