CHICAGO — On Saturday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order seeking to protect residents from the potential mobilization of National Guard troops in Chicago and demanding that President Trump stand down on his threats to send in troops to help crack down on crime and immigration.

Johnson signed an executive order establishing the "Protecting Chicago" initiative, a cross-departmental directive that his office says will work to protect the constitutional rights of Chicagoans, amid the potential deployment of troops to the Windy City.

The signing took place at 12 p.m. Saturday.

According to the mayor's office, the order demands that President Trump stand down from threats to deploy troops in Chicago, and affirms that the Chicago Police Department will remain a locally co

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