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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision this week to declare parts of the city “ICE-free zones” is the latest escalation in a dangerous game of political theater that puts ideology above public safety. By signing an executive order to bar federal immigration agents from using city-owned spaces, Johnson is effectively putting the safety of neighborhoods and schoolchildren at risk. This is not leadership — it is a surrender to lawlessness, and the American people should be alarmed.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem didn’t mince words when she appeared on The Record with Greta Van Susteren, blasting Johnson’s move and pointing out that many Chicago business owners and everyday citizens want federal enforcement to target violent criminals, not be blocked by sanctuary politics. Noem made it clear that the federal government has a duty to protect Americans and that local obstruction only hands criminals a free pass. Her message on Newsmax was direct: Americans who own and run small businesses want to keep their customers and employees safe.
Don’t let Democrats pretend every business owner in Chicago is cheering for Johnson’s stunt; many proprietors are terrified — not of ICE, but of the crime and open-border policies that choke commerce and frighten customers away. Owners in Little Village and restaurant districts have already reported falling sales, staffing headaches, and neighborhoods hollowed out by fear as enforcement and counter-enforcement roil daily life. Real small-business owners want stable streets and the rule of law, not political posturing that leaves them footing the bill for rising disorder.
Johnson tries to dress his executive order up as protecting “sensitive” city spaces, but the truth is craven politics: it hands a cover to criminal aliens and makes our schools, parks, and libraries potential staging grounds for the next tragedy. Federal agents aren’t there to terrorize Americans — they’re there to take violent offenders off the streets and stop the flow of fentanyl and guns that are killing our kids. Throwing up “ICE-free” signs is not courage; it’s negligence masked as virtue signaling.
Secretary Noem has also warned about the real dangers our enforcement officers face while doing the hard work of protecting communities, from organized cartel threats to coordinated attacks on federal personnel, which makes shielding them from access even more reckless. When federal agents are being targeted and municipal leaders answer with defiance rather than cooperation, the only winners are the cartels and the criminals exploiting sanctuary policies. America must side with law and order — not leaders who put politics ahead of people’s safety.
Patriots should stand with those who keep our communities safe — the ICE agents, Border Patrol professionals, and federal officers who risk their lives so Chicagoans can walk their streets without fear. Kristi Noem is right to call out obstructionist politicians and to listen to the business owners who want law enforcement to do its job. If we love our country and value the hard work of honest citizens, we will reject sanctuary theater and support enforcement that keeps dangerous criminals off our streets.
