
Johnson Signs Executive Order in Effort to Hold Federal Agents Accountable
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The order directs Chicago police to document actions by agents with ICE and Border Protection.
The order directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document actions by agents with ICE and Border Protection and attempt to identify those responsible for suspected misconduct or criminal violations.
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Johnson Signs Executive Order in Effort to Hold Federal Agents Accountable
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The order directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document actions by agents with ICE and Border Protection and attempt to identify those responsible for suspected misconduct or criminal violations.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Brandon Johnson's latest executive order is designed to put federal immigration agents on notice that those responsible for misconduct in Chicago could face prosecution.
Let's listen to what Johnson said Saturday at City Hall.
>> This executive order will make Chicago the first city in the country to set the groundwork to prosecute ICE and Border Patrol agents to permanent missed.
Because we need to send a clear message if the federal government will not hold these role actors accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring these agents to justice.
>> Or head to Sharon joins us now with more head or what exactly would this executive order do?
Well, it directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document potential cases of misconduct or criminal activity by federal agents and to attempt to identify those federal agents responsible for it.
Now, many of them are wearing masks so that can be difficult.
The mayor's order says that evidence will then be turned over to the Cook County State's attorney who will then decide whether to file church.
So this is the 4th executive order that Johnson has issued, of course, intended to push back against the Trump administration's efforts to deport thousands of undocumented immigrants.
Why did the mayor signed this one at this time?
Well, the mayor's been under intense pressure since the deaths of Renee Good.
And Alex, pretty in Minneapolis in January.
It's hard for state and local law enforcement's to hold federal agents accountable because they enjoy some level of immunity as long as they're acting reasonably in the course of their official duties.
This is the mayor's attempt to crack down on those aggressive raids that swept the city in the fall.
And that many fear will return once the weather breaks in the spring.
This order also, it appears to have widened the breach shot between the mayor and Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill.
Burke was that well, the mayor said that her office had for a few reviewed this order and signed off on it before it was announced on Saturday.
Her office said that wasn't true and that she was still reviewing it.
Now, a larger issue here is that they're sent to shootings by federal agents in Chicago in recent months.
One killed a man out in Franklin Park, Silvio Villegas Gonzalez and of course, Marimar Muntean as was shot 5 times in Brighton Park in October.
O Neale Burke's office has not brought any charges in those cases.
A source deep frustration for the immigrants rights community.
Johnson says both of those incidents bear further scrutiny know how to rule this order.
Will it would have some teeth or is this, you know, for showmanship so that Mayor Johnson can show that he's doing something?
We'll know more in about a month when CPD is supposed to develop a policy to implement this order.
The terms of the policy that will govern, what officers do will tell us more.
But whether this will really change anything on the ground more to come, of course, had a Sharon.
Thanks so much.
Thanks, Brandis.
And you can
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