Mayor Johnson was asked​ by the House Oversight Committee to testify on Capitol Hill next month about Chicago's sanctuary city status — along with other big city mayors.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is doubling down on his criticism of the targeted ICE detention raids being conducted in Chicago, calling them nothing more than fearmongering by the Trump Administration.

Mayor Brandon Johnson says the city will continue to protect civil and human rights, a day after the mayor received a letter from Washington, D.C., stating, in summary, that Chicago and other “sanctuary cities” like it are being investigated by the U.