Republican President Donald Trump posted on social media today that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, should be arrested for refusing to assist federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Firing back on X, Pritzker wrote: "I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?"

Illinois sued the Trump administration on Monday to block the deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago, and Johnson is refusing to allow ICE to operate on city-owned property. Since the beginning of the Trum

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