‘They’re going to be very embarrassed’: Sol Wisenberg explains why Democrats’ ICE block in Chicago will backfire

Fox News analyst Sol Wisenberg said Monday on “The Ingraham Angle” that Democrats pushing back against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) crackdown in Chicago are going to be “very embarrassed” because they cannot impede or obstruct the federal government.

With ICE cracking down on illegal immigration in Chicago, Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE Free Zones” throughout the city. Fox’s Laura Ingraham said the Trump administration will likely challenge Johnson’s new order in federal court and asked Wisenberg where he believes the case will go.

“Well, let me put it to you this way. The state and local governments are under no obligation, general obligation, to assist the federal government, but I can guarantee you they can’t impede and obstruct the federal government when they are enforcing federal law,” Wisenberg said.

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“There’s this little thing called the Supremacy Clause that we fought a civil war about, and so I think they’re going to be very embarrassed,” Wisenberg added. “[In] Chicago and Illinois, that is.”

Johnson said the city would not “tolerate ICE agents violating our residents’ constitutional rights, nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority.”

The order aims to keep ICE agents and other federal immigration officials from accessing city-owned property. It also directs Chicago officials to identify city-owned spaces that have been or may be used for federal immigration enforcement and place signage stating the areas may not be used “for civil immigration enforcement.”

The order comes after ICE conducted a raid in the city’s South Shore neighborhood. In a video posted by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, federal officials were seen making mass arrests from one building.

In addition to Johnson, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has also pushed back against the Trump administration’s use of ICE. In a post on X in September, the governor called for Trump to “stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities.”

Chicago, like other Democratic cities such as New York City and Los Angeles, has been a sanctuary jurisdiction for illegal immigrants for years.

Johnson and other Democratic mayors wrote a letter to then-President Joe Biden in 2023 requesting federal assistance due to the influx of illegal migrants in the city. With over 8 million illegal migrants crossing the border under the Biden administration, the mayors pleaded for more resources as funds were straining city budgets.

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