The White House 'Rapid Response' team quickly chastised Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson following his announcement that he was establishing "ICE-free zones" throughout the city.
Johnson on Monday signed an executive order severely hampering federal officials' ability to set up staging areas to help in enforcing immigration laws. It prohibits ICE from using city-owned property for such logistical planning.
"We have a rogue, reckless group of heavily armed, masked individuals roaming throughout our city that are not accountable to the people of Chicago. Their actions put all Chicagoans at risk," Johnson said.
The White House response pointed out that Johnson is basically aiding and abetting violent criminals in escaping law enforcement.
"This is SICK," they wrote on X. "He is aiding and abetting criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, traffickers, and gang bangers."
🚨 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just announced he signed an executive order creating "ICE Free Zones" to ban ICE agents from city property.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 6, 2025
This is SICK. He is aiding and abetting criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, traffickers, and gang bangers. pic.twitter.com/LaMbxaqePP
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The irony in Johnson being distraught over "reckless" and "heavily armed" groups roaming the streets of Chicago can't be lost on residents, considering he currently presides over a city being overrun with reckless and heavily armed illegal thugs causing havoc and creating violence on a nearly daily basis.
"Our school parking lots are not for ICE to load their weapons; they are for Chicagoans who drop their kids off to learn. Our libraries are not for ICE to prepare for a raid, they're for Chicagoans to read and relax," he continued. "Our parks are not for ICE to set up checkpoints; they are for Chicagoans to play and enjoy."
ICE is, in reality, protecting Chicagoans from criminals so they can more freely enjoy those city-run facilities.
Johnson's order creating "ICE-free zones" comes after reports surfaced that a Chicago Police Department “Chief of Patrol” had instructed officers not to respond when immigration enforcement officers requested help when they were under attack following a shooting.
BREAKING: 🚨 Dispatch audio CONFIRMS Chicago police were ORDERED not to assist Federal Agents that were cornered earlier today in Chicago.
— E X X ➠A L E R T S (@ExxAlerts) October 5, 2025
Agents were ACTIVELY IN ROUTE when the order was given.
Dispatcher initially seemed slightly taken back by the order, but promptly… pic.twitter.com/0pRTyp7PxZ
Chicago is clearly not being run by its best people. Johnson is using every tool in his arsenal to fight on behalf of criminals in his city.
President Trump has described Mayor Johnson as "grossly incompetent," an insult to the grossly incompetent.
"Chicago's a mess, you have an incompetent mayor - grossly incompetent - and we'll straighten that one out probably next," Trump said while referencing the potential of sending in the National Guard to help battle crime.
The Windy City has seen a total of 331 homicides recorded through early October of this year. Over Labor Day weekend, at least 58 people were shot, and eight were killed across the city.
But it's the ICE agents who are the problem, in Johnson's eyes.
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