The Mayor of Chicago, who was cited before hearing the congress – NBC Chicago

The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, will testify the status of the city of the city on the Capitol Hill in front of a house committee led by Republicans.

The reform committee of the House Oversight and Government Reform, which of the Republican US representative of Kentucky US -Rep. The video contains news clips and sound bites by Johnson together with the mayors of New York, Boston and Denver, who will also take part in the hearing.

In January, Comer headed an investigation by the cities of the cities of the Sanctuary City and the so -called “refusal to work with the federal immigration authorities”.

“State and local governments that refuse to comply with the efforts to enforce the immigration of the federal immigration should not receive a cent of federal financing,” said Comer in a statement. “On March 5, the House Oversight Committee will publicly convey the Mayors of the sanctuary to refuse to refuse to adhere to the law and to have endangered the life of the Americans.”

At the beginning of this month, the Ministry of Justice submitted a lawsuit against Chicago and Illinois, in which the state and city's immigration policy claims and a welcome status of the city is hindered.

Johnson said he spoke to elected officers, faith leaders and other stakeholders before hearing. He said that he had turned to the former mayor Lori Lightfoot and the former Minister of Education Arne Duncan for her thoughts while he was preparing.

“I will be willing to defend working people in this city and challenge the congress to do their work. You could currently adopt laws (immigration reform). Instead of choosing fights now, we should find solutions, ”said Johnson.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois has a warning for Johnson.

“The mayor will probably be confronted with some of the toughest criticism of everyone in this panel and will probably make a number of cheap shots on him,” said Ed Yohnka, director of communication and public policy at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

Alderman Andre Vasquez, who represents the 40th station of the city, said on Wednesday that he turned to the mayor to offer advice but had not yet heard.

“You have to ensure that you are prepared and ready, because if the headlights are switched on and it is not really about the congress members that they are mayors, these questions become more difficult and they can later or for legal disputes for legal disputes,” said Vasquez.

Yohnka made his own suggestions during the hearing next week.

“I would talk about the greater democratic questions and the democratic questions. I would talk that we do not let the President of the United States be the mayor of Chicago. We do not let the president explain that Illinois should simply ignore or remove his laws, ”said Yohnka.