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Dozens Shot, Killed In Chicago Over Weekend As City Rejects Trump’s Help With Crime

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday signed an executive order barring city police from cooperating with federal authorities, Fox noted.

“This executive order makes it emphatically clear that this president is not going to come in and deputize our police department,” Johnson said at a news conference with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other city leaders.

The order states Chicago police will continue enforcing state and local laws but will not assist the National Guard or federal agents with patrols, arrests, immigration enforcement, or other actions.

“This order affirms that the Chicago Police Department will not collaborate with military personnel on police patrols or civil immigration enforcement. We will not have our police officers, who are working hard every single day to drive down crime, deputized to do traffic stops and checkpoints for the president,” Johnson vowed.

“We will protect our Constitution, we will protect our city, and we