On Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson received a letter from Washington, D.C., that states, in summary, that Chicago and other cities like it — notably Denver, New York and Boston, all of which hold sanctuary city status like Chicago — are being investigated by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson criticized the raids by ICE and other federal agencies to arrest undocumented residents during a lengthy news conference on Tuesday.

Mayor Johnson was asked​ by the House Oversight Committee to testify on Capitol Hill next month about Chicago's sanctuary city status — along with other big city mayors.

Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked​ by the House Oversight Committee to testify on Capitol Hill next month about Chicago's sanctuary city status — along with other big city mayors. He talked one-on-one with Political Reporter Chris Tye about why he finds the request "disingenuous.