Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back against what he called “out of control” of Trump Administration to hit federal officers into the third largest city in the country, which could happen on September 5 and last for 30 days.
On Saturday, the mayor signed an executive order to prevent the Chicago police from helping the Federal authorities to promote civil immigration or with any related patrols, traffic stops and a control point during the increase.
The mayor’s order also prohibits the Chicago police to wear facial covers to cover their identity, a practice that has largely been adopted by federal agents, especially from immigration and customs outputs (ICE) since the Trump administration took over this year. Johnson said that the city would not “accept orders from the federal government” and ordered the city department to protect the constitutional rights of the population of Chicago, PTI reported.
The justification and threats of Trump’s administration
The federal increase is reportedly part of the wider efforts of Trump’s administration to expand the federal presence of coercive bodies in the main democratic cities, similar to the operation that took place in Los Angeles in early summer, PTI said.
Unlike the recent federal takeover of police in Washington, Washington, DC is not expected that the Chicago operation will include a national guard or army, PTI said, quoting some officials who wanted to remain anonymous.
On Saturday, President Donald Trump commented Chicago crime for his crime on his social platform of truth, especially criticized Governor Illinois Governor JB Pritzker by saying: President, President, President.
The White House insisted that deployment is about “crime intervention”. The printing secretary of the White House Karoline Leavtt quoted some “unknown” statistics and compared the level of murder in Chicago with the measure of Pakistan Islamabad and the Indian new Delhi. Leavitt said, “Chicago’s murder rate is more than double the Offisalabadand almost 15 times higher than Nova Delhi,” said Hindustan Times report.
Chicago attitude and trends of crime
Chicago is home to the large population of immigrants, and the city and the state of Illinois have some of the strongest rules of the country against cooperation with federal efforts to enforce immigration, which often caused them contrary to the agenda of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation.
Mayor Johnson accused President Trump of “behavior outside the constitution” and sought to use the federal presence as a political retribution against his rivals and added that “it is the greatest threat to our democracy we have experienced in the history of our country”.
Despite the White House warning, police data cited by Chicago Bloomberg show a decline in crime. Murders reportedly dropped by 32%to 188 in the first half of the year, the lowest point since 2014, with a total violent crime to decline by 23%and theft dropped by 28%. This data is contrary to the rhetoric of administration that the city is out of control.
In the related development, lawmakers in California and Los Angeles County are considering new rules for prohibiting criminal officers, including federal immigration agents, to wear masks. This comes after Trump’s June deployment of thousands of soldiers in Los Angeles to support LED air raids and contain protests against reports, said HT.
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