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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Chicago mayor announces measures to ‘protect our people’ from imminent influx of federal agents on Trump’s orders

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to take “immediate, drastic action” to protect the city’s residents before the Trump administration deploys the military, possibly in the coming days.

After deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has threatened to target Chicago next.

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