Mayor Brandon Johnson called for criminal charges Tuesday against federal agents who violate his new executive order banning them from using city land to carry out their deportation operations.

Johnson’s plea marked an escalation of his stance on how President Donald Trump’s forces in the city should be treated. It came just as Texas National Guard troops arrived in the Chicago area.

“It’s a crime. Here’s the thing, anyone who commits a crime should be charged,” Johnson said when pressed on his stance during a Tuesday morning news conference. “I mean, isn’t that the basic rule of what they ostensibly refer to as ‘law and order?’”

But Johnson offered no specifics on how he thinks enforcement against such agents should work. And Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling said this week that

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