Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson shared in an interview Thursday that he really felt about Tom Homan of the Borderland Borderland threatening to prosecute him if he gets in the way of an attack on the expulsion of the Ice Country.
During a CNN podcast.Assignment with Audi Cornish“The Democratic mayor told host Audi Cornish he would not allow local police to enforce an order for the ice to be deported, and tore Homan apart saying he threatened to prosecute Johnson if he didn't cooperate.
“Well, I can blame it for being completely frank and I'm totally frank. You know, the city of Chicago has appeared again and again,” the mayor declared.
Tom Homan tells immigrant terrorist groups that they will “clean you out of the face of the earth.”
Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson talks to CNN's Audi Corniche about Tom Homan, a border area who calls for sanctuary city policies.
Donald Trump's inauguration a few days before Homan I told the group “We're starting here in Chicago, Illinois. If your Chicago mayor doesn't want to help, he can get aside.
In an interview with CNN, Cornish pushed Johnson about the threat and asked if he believed his “immigration-friendly policies” put him in the crosshairs of Homan and the Trump administration.
The mayor defended his policy and said it was just preventing local law enforcement from acting like ice agents, but argued that the city is open to working with federal governments in other areas.
“So for 40 years, the city of Chicago had a welcoming city policy, and what that policy simply states is that local law enforcement agencies don't dub as federal agents,” he said. “Essentially, we work regularly so we don't interfere with working with federal agencies.”
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White House “Bordertal” Tom Homan will speak to a reporter outside the White House in Washington, DC on March 7, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
“We're not going to make local law enforcement act as ice agents because what it does simply breaks down the trust between community members and law enforcement and local law enforcement,” Johnson said.
Throughout his time as mayor, Johnson reaffirmed his city's sanctuary status and expressed his opposition to working with federal law enforcement to cleanse illegal immigrants.
In preparation for the next Trump administration crackdown, his office released guidelines in January on how locals would respond if ICE entered city property.
“For further guidance, contact the agency or department's designated lawyer or general counsel. Please contact the highest ranking official or designated supervisor on-site and do not take action until that person has arrived,” the guidelines advised.
They added that even if they are denied, they should not agree to enter “private or “sensitive” places” or “private or “sensitive” places” and that they should request a copy of the warrant. There are further recommendations, such as taking notes and maintaining concurrent written records.
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More recently, the mayor defended the sanctuary city policy during a House Oversight Committee hearing, saying it would keep the city safer.
“An action that amplifies the fear of deportation makes Chicago even more dangerous,” Johnson told lawmakers. “These fears make sure witnesses and victims avoid cooperation with the police. Cooperation of all people, regardless of their immigration status, is essential to achieving the city's goal of reducing crime and pursuing justice for the victims.”
During the podcast, Johnson told Cornish. “And what we're simply asking from the federal government is to recognize the beauty and value that cities across America bring. My responsibility at this moment is to show up to the people of Chicago, even when the federal government dismisses workers.”
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He opposed Trump and Homan's criticism of Chicago's sanctuary policy, saying, “If the federal government and the Trump administration want to undermine the Animus against Chicago's people and those at work, of course, we'll resist it.”
Johnson added that his government has “not blocked” the Fed seeking to deport criminal illegal immigrants, and that Chicago law enforcement will work with them as long as it appears along with a “criminal, valid warrant.”
