Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson exploded at a reporter Saturday after being asked about the city’s reporting on illegal aliens, the ordinary legal term for people in the country unlawfully.
Johnson proceeded to call the phrase “nasty” and “racist.”
When a reporter asked about a promised submission to the White House detailing Chicago’s spending related to people in the country unlawfully, Johnson barked:
“We don’t have illegal aliens.
“I don’t know if that’s from some sort of sci-fi message for which you’ve had,” the mayor added, misrepresenting the meaning of the word “alien.”
Pressed that the reporter was using a legal, factual term, Johnson pivoted to an analogy to slavery:
“Listen, the legal term for my people were slaves.
“You want me to use that term, too?”
He then misleadingly insisted officials use the phrase “undocumented individuals.”
The mayor declared he wouldn’t “accept that type of racist, nasty language to describe human beings.”
Johnson later posted the clip to Instagram and wrote, “This isn’t a sci-fi show.
“These are human beings.
“We will not abandon our humanity to score cheap political points.”
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Mayor Brandon Johnson has DEMANDED for everyone to stop calling undocumented people, “illegal aliens”..
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) October 25, 2025
Johnson’s stance on immigration has been consistent with sanctuary-city policies.
The mayor recently signed an executive order creating “ICE-free zones,” aiming to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and bar city property and unwilling private businesses from being staging areas for federal raids.
Washington, meanwhile, has moved in the opposite direction.
President Donald Trump’s administration launched a federal crackdown dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz” in Illinois last month.
The White House says the operation yielded more than 1,000 arrests.
Federal officials also say ICE agents in Chicago have faced violent resistance.
Department of Homeland Security officials reported an October incident in which agents were “rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars,” forcing them to exit vehicles on foot.
The clash illustrates the widening rift between city officials who prioritize sanctuary policies and federal authorities who are pressing enforcement operations in major urban centers.
Mayor Johnson, who framed his response around dignity and language, is standing by “sanctuary” policies even as federal agents escalate action in cities that have resisted cooperation.
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