We do not want or need military occupation in our city. We do not want or need militarized immigration enforcement in our city.

This president doesn’t care about gun violence. He just wants his own secret police force that would do publicity stunts whenever his poll numbers are sinking.

We will use the courts if that’s necessary.

This is about making a very clear distinction between what our law enforcement engages in versus what federal agents engage in.

how we can stand up against this tyranny.

I don’t take orders from the federal government.

We do not need, nor want, an unconstitutional and illegal military occupation of our city.

We do not want grandmothers thrown into the back of unmarked vans.

We do not have the luxury of time.

This president is not going to come in and deputize our police department.

Unfortunately, we do not have the luxury of time.

Well, it’s because there’s clearly a disdain for working people. Instead of the federal government and the president of the United States of America focusing in on how we can drive unemployment down in our communities, how we can make sure…

We have days, not weeks, before our cities see some type of militarized activity by the federal government.

The time for action is now.

We find ourselves in a position where we must take immediate, drastic action to protect our people from federal overreach.

This executive order makes it emphatically clear that this president is not going to come in and deputize our police department.

This order affirms that the Chicago Police Department will not collaborate with military personnel on police patrols or civil immigration enforcement.

Protecting Chicago will ensure that every Chicagoan knows their rights, that every single family is prepared, and every part of city government is directed to protect the people of Chicago from federal action.

This plan seems to be a rerun of their tactics in Los Angeles, where ICE agents were used as a pretext to justify further escalation by federal agents and National Guard troops.

We reject any attempts that put Chicagoans in danger as a means of furthering the president’s political ends.

We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence; we’ve already tried that, and we’ve ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence.

The guard is not needed. This is not the role of our military.

would be the most flagrant violation of our Constitution in the 21st century.

Certainly, we have grave concerns about the impact of any unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to the City of Chicago.

We’re a welcoming city.