Mayor Brandon Johnson is directing police to work more closely with protesters clashing with federal authorities as President Donald Trump ramps up deportations in and around Chicago.

Johnson signed an executive order Tuesday that orders Chicago police to “collaborate with protest organizers to develop a mutually acceptable alternative plan” when Trump-controlled law enforcement disrupts legal protest.

The mayor argued his order will bolster free speech rights as tense confrontations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and protesters spread, and get the city ready if federal authorities “trample on the constitution.”

But when reporters pressed him Tuesday about how the order will change the way Chicago police respond to federal agents cracking down on protests against dep

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