Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) signed an executive order detailing how the Windy City will attempt to respond to President Trump’s potential deployment of the National Guard.

Johnson’s executive order, which he signed on Saturday, established the “Protecting Chicago Initiative” to protect the constitutional rights of Chicago residents amid the “possibility of imminent militarized immigration or National Guard deployment” into the city.

The order is asking Trump to “stand down” from his threat to deploy the National Guard into Chicago and reaffirms the Chicago Police Department will “remain a locally controlled law enforcement agency.”

"The City of Chicago will do everything in our power to defend our democracy and protect our communities. With this executive order, we send a resounding message to the federal government: we do........

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