Chicago FOP boss: Mayor’s ICE on Notice order is ‘piece of toilet paper’

(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order directing members of the city’s police department to investigate federal law enforcement and refer evidence of felony violations for prosecution.

The mayor signed the “Ice on Notice” order on Saturday and said it was a step toward justice.

“This executive order will make Chicago the first city in the country to set the groundwork to prosecute ICE and border patrol agents for criminal misconduct,” Johnson said.

The mayor said Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s office is in complete support of the executive order.

“What she has said and her office has said repeatedly, the reason why she has not moved forward with prosecution is because no evidence has been provided to her,” Johnson said.

The mayor said the order is part of a nationwide effort to hold President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian regime” accountable.

Chicago Republican Party Chairman Chuck Hernandez, a former Chicago Police De...