{"id":16003,"date":"2025-10-07T06:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16003"},"modified":"2025-10-07T06:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T06:09:14","slug":"as-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-declares-ice-free-zones-heres-what-happened-in-his-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16003","title":{"rendered":"As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Declares \u2018ICE-Free Zones,\u2019 Here\u2019s What Happened In His City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has officially declared parts of the city \u201cICE-free zones\u201d \u2014 in other words, federal immigration agents are no longer welcome. There\u2019s just one problem: he can\u2019t do that. No city, no matter how blue, can legally exempt itself from federal immigration law.<\/p>\n<p>But that hasn\u2019t stopped Democrats like Johnson from trying to turn their jurisdictions into sanctuaries for illegal immigration, even at the expense of public safety and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s new \u201cICE-free zones\u201d will be about as effective as Chicago\u2019s infamous \u201cgun-free zones,\u201d which do nothing to stop violence and everything to empower criminals. Over the weekend alone, at least 30 people were shot across the city \u2014 five of them fatally \u2014 despite Chicago\u2019s supposedly tough gun laws:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1975189482044547291&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F10%2F06%2Fas-chicago-mayor-brandon%2F&amp;sessionId=209cf6d92e337c9bdb7e329af43d5ccc1857f579&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1975189482044547291\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-weekend-shootings-oct-3-to-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>At least five people were killed and 24 others were wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago as of Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The ages of the victims range from 16 to 62, according to police.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the first shooting of the weekend, police responded to a person shot around 7:45 p.m. in the 900 block of West 85th Street and found a man inside an apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His age was not released.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Officers searched the area and found another man of unknown age in the alley who was shot in the torso. The victim was taken to Christ Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Preliminary investigation indicated that both men were shot inside the apartment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Friday, there were four additional shootings, multiple on Saturday and Sunday, and two in the early hours of Monday morning. One of those incidents was fatal as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this were a foreign army there would be F15 bombing runs in Chicago,\u201d wrote one person on X.\u00a0 \u201cMostly peaceful weekend in Chicago,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Johnson\u2019s war on law enforcement didn\u2019t start with his \u201cICE-free zones.\u201d This is just the latest chapter. Back in September, he called police a \u201csickness\u201d and claimed they don\u2019t make cities safer \u2014 an outrageous statement from the man tasked with leading one of the most crime-ridden cities in America.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also made a habit of blaming everyone but himself for Chicago\u2019s chaos. According to Johnson, it\u2019s not his soft-on-crime policies or his refusal to support the police \u2014 it\u2019s President Trump\u2019s fault, or maybe Indiana\u2019s, because of their gun laws. And in perhaps his most tone-deaf moment yet, he called it \u201cunholy\u201d to put criminals in jail. You can\u2019t make this up.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference after almost 60 people were shot over the Labor Day weekend, Johnson said: \u201cWe need the federal government to stop the endless flow of guns into our state and into our city. Chicago police officers have taken more than 24,000 illegal guns off the streets of Chicago since I\u2019ve taken office\u2014over 24,000 illegal guns. They have worked hard every single day to make our city safer, and they\u2019ve made historic progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t it funny how law enforcement only becomes a \u201csickness\u201d when it doesn\u2019t serve the left\u2019s political agenda? When Johnson wanted to push gun control, he couldn\u2019t get enough of police data, press conferences, and photo ops with law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n<p>But the moment the conversation shifts to actually enforcing the law \u2014 whether it\u2019s cracking down on illegal guns or illegal immigration \u2014 suddenly, cops are the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>And Johnson\u2019s talking points are flat-out wrong. The latest data, from 2023 onward, shows that most guns used in Chicago crimes come from within Illinois itself, not from red states like Indiana that he loves to scapegoat.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a convenient lie that lets him dodge responsibility while pretending he\u2019s waging some noble crusade. 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