SCC Mayor Bans ICE From Using City Property

October 7, 2025 – 7:00 am

Mayor Johnson does know that federal law, particularly on immigration, trumps (sic) state and local law, right? And that localities are duty bound by law to assist federal law enforcement, especially when there are felonies involved, right?
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs order prohibiting use of city property for immigration enforcement
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday morning prohibiting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies from using city property for civil immigration enforcement.
The order prohibits federal authorities from using city-owned or controlled parking lots, vacant lots and garages as staging areas, processing locations or operations bases for civil immigration enforcement activity.
The order defines as “staging area” as “any location used to assemble, mobilize or deploy personnel, vehicles, or equipment for immigration enforcement operations. This includes sites used for surveillance or logistical coordination,” according to the mayor’s office.
The order applies to all city-owned and city-controlled parking lots, garages and vacant lots, including Chicago Public Schools property, CBS News Chicago confirmed.
Additionally, the order supports private property owners, tenants and institutions to deny access to ICE and other federal agents working on immigration enforcement unless they can produce a warrant. The city will design and distribute official signage that will be given out, for free, to any private landowner or tenant can post on their property. The signage will clearly state no law enforcement official may enter for civil immigration enforcement, or use the property as a staging area, processing location or operations based.
And this gives the Trump admin all they need to deny Sanctuary City Chicago lots and lots of federal funds. Which won’t help when SCC has spent around $1.6 billion on illegals, money which could have gone to helping US citizens in SCC. Better schooling. Better streets. More cops in high crime areas. And more.
Still, I’d rather Trump let these sanctuary jurisdictions have the illegals for now and go after those in Republican areas first. Which would also mean illegals would stream into sanctuary jurisdiction to avoid being picked up.


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