CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago city leaders gathered in Pilsen on Saturday to distribute “ICE-free zone” signs to local businesses that want to signal support for immigrant communities and push back against federal enforcement efforts.

The initiative follows an executive order signed earlier this week by Mayor Brandon Johnson in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, known as Operation Midway Blitz.

“This is an intentional attack by this president to divide and separate our communities. But he has finally met his match in the greatest city in the world, the city of Chicago,” Johnson said.

Johnson described the signs as both symbolic and strategic.

“These will be signs of refuge. These will be signs of comfort and safety. These will be signs of resistance, and these will b

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