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He emphasized, “These brave women and men who sign up to serve and protect this country do not do it with being deployed against American citizens and residents in mind." His criticism extends to the presence of ICE agents in Chicago, framing it as an aggressive overreach that shocks and appalls residents. Johnson's rhetoric suggests that he's positioning himself as a defender of local autonomy against what he perceives as Federal overreach—or worse, authoritarianism.