Overview

• The order instructs the Chicago Police Department to collaborate with organizers on alternative sites or plans if federal law enforcement disrupts lawful demonstrations.
• It requires Chicago officers at protests to identify themselves and not wear masks, while only encouraging federal agents to remove face coverings.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson cited a recent confrontation at the ICE processing site in Broadview, where agents fired pepper-ball projectiles at protesters, as a catalyst for the action.
• The move follows stepped-up DHS activity labeled Operation Midway Blitz and President Donald Trump’s public statements about sending federal personnel to Chicago.
• Johnson offered no specifics on whether CPD would physically prevent federal actions; the order builds on his Aug. 30 Protecting Chicago Initiative rejecting any troop deployment to the city.