Overview
- Mayor Brandon Johnson testified virtually to the Human Rights Council in Geneva during an event with officials from Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York hosted by the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Human Rights First.
- He alleged federal agents conducted violent immigration raids in Chicago, describing tear gas, chokeholds and the detention of children.
- He denounced the shutdown-related halt to SNAP benefits as driving hunger for hundreds of thousands of residents, citing his own experience with food insecurity.
- Johnson urged a formal investigation, invited U.N. leaders to visit Chicago, and said the city will continue protections under its Welcoming City Ordinance and community rapid-response networks.
- The Trump administration defended the immigration crackdown as a public-safety duty, and a federal judge ordered SNAP fully funded for November during the shutdown.