Chicago is on high alert as Mayor Brandon Johnson called on residents to "resist" looming immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration. Mayor Johnson, speaking at a Wednesday news conference,

Though he wrote “both sides are to blame” for the nation’s immigration issues, Pritzker wrote “some border state governors and mayors” chose to “treat people as pawns.” Pritzker and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott frequently butted heads during the migrant surge.

The House Oversight Committee has long been a partisan battleground, and in recent months it has turned its focus to immigration policy. Thursday’s hearing follows a similar one in March in which the Republican-led committee questioned the Democratic mayors of Chicago, Boston, Denver and New York about sanctuary policies.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More anti-ICE Chicago protests are expected on Thursday, immigration advocates say. Organizers plan to speak and march against President Donald Trump's administration's immigration policies. The demonstrations come as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warns that ICE is planning to increase their operations in the city.

A Chicago protest is planned for Thursday afternoon by immigration advocates, who are calling for ICE tactical teams sent by the Trump Administration to stand down.

The mayor's chief of staff said federal agents received notice to deploy to five Democrat-led cities, including Chicago — where recent actions have already drawn thousands to the streets in protest.

Mayor Johnson answered questions about immigration raids and public transit funding.

A woman is speaking out after she was struck by a vehicle during an immigration protest in downtown Chicago Tuesday.

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York to testify before the House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating sanctuary jurisdictions.

Mayor Brandon Johnson demands House Speaker Mike Johnson speak up against what he calls immigration enforcement "terrorism" while defending his own controversial immigration policies in Chicago