Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during a press conference amid reports of federal deployments to Chicago on Sept. 2, 2025. (Kamil Krazaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
"But the president and the governor need to talk and figure something out," he added.
The other independent on the board, Alderman Anthony Napolitano, told FOX Business Network’s "The Bottom Line," there’s a "gang problem" in the city.
"It’s hypocrisy because our politicians here are always putting politics and agenda over people in the city of Chicago," Napolitano, a former local police officer, said.
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Washington, D.C. Mayor Murial Bowser speaks at a press conference outside of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House following a court hearing on August 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
"For carjackings, the difference between this period, this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents an 87% reduction in carjackings in Washington, D.C." Bowser said in a news conference last week. "We know that when carjackings go down, when use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer. So, this surge has been important to us for that reason."
As for Johnson, he recently signed an executive order heavily limiting local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with federal authorities amid a possible surge.
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"We will protect our Constitution, we will protect our city, and we will protect our people," Johnson said at a recent news conference. "We do not want to see tanks in our streets. We do not want to see families ripped apart. We do not want grandmothers thrown into the back of unmarked vans. We don't want to see homeless Chicagoans harassed or disappeared by federal agents."
Fox News Digital's Anders Hagstrom and Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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