Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has urged people to rise up against the “disease” of immigration enforcement.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Johnson was asked during a public meeting on Wednesday about whether he would be joining protests against the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportations.
“This is a necessary fight for all of us to be able to push back,” Johnson said.
”Whether we use the courts or whether we continue to protest and raise our voices, dissent matters in this moment.”
“It’s a war on our culture. It’s a war on our democracy. It’s a war on our humanity.”
“I am counting on all of Chicago to resist in this moment because, whatever particular vulnerable group is being targeted today, another group will be next.”
”None of us are immune from this disease,” he added.
Earlier this week, Johnson argued that the Trump administration represents “what our country would look like had the Confederacy won” and that immigration enforcement amounted to a form of terrorism.
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