‘Trump declared war on Chicago’: Mayor Brandon Johnson hits back over ICE raids, troop deployment

During a press conference on Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops and federal agents to Chicago, calling it ‘a war on Chicago.’ Johnson accused the Trump administration of deliberately ‘fermenting chaos’ and showing ‘animus toward working people, particularly Black and Brown communities.’Addressing ICE raids, he urged residents to stay calm, avoid violence, and organize peacefully against what he called a ‘militarised occupation.’