CHICAGO (WTVO) — The mayor of Chicago has doubled down on his claim that the city will resist if the Trump administration sends in federal authorities.

“Yeah, and I don’t take orders from the federal government," Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Saturday during a press conference.

Also on Saturday, Johnson, a Democrat, signed an executive order that bars all city departments—including the Chicago Police Department— from aiding federal authorities with immigration enforcement, traffic stops or other patrols.

Trump says a federal surge into Chicago would be aimed at stopping crime, which he says continues to skyrocket in the country's third-largest city.

"Six people were killed," Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday, "and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker,

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