Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proudly defended Chicago's sanctuary city status on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as he testified before a congressional committee on the city's immigration policies, saying,

Johnson is appearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to defend the city’s law that, in part, restricts police from detaining people solely based on their immigration status.

Mayor Brandon Johnson argued that Chicago’s policies made the city safer and allowed residents to help the police solve crimes without fear of deportation.