Under the order, private businesses can choose to display signage indicating that ICE cannot enter without a warrant—thereby designating “their property as part of a city-wide network of community spaces that stand together in affirming the safety, dignity, and belonging of all of our residents,” the mayor said.
Johnson touted the order for building “a broad civic shield that limits the reach of harmful enforcement practices. It strengthens neighborhood solidarity and it reaffirms Chicago’s role as a welcoming city.”
My grandfather fought actual Nazis, sometimes I ask myself what he would think of our political situation today.
He’d be under investigation for being a member of a terrorist organization.
My grandfather was in the Navy during the 1940s. My uncle was in the FBI during the 1980s. My brother is in the National Guard in the 2020s.
The times, they are a-changin’.
There’s a joke about going back to 1789 and telling George Washington what has happened in the past 250 years.
And his first response is “Wait, you let a black guy become president?! That’s not what we fought for!”
His second response probably involves asking to see “Hot MILFs in your neighborhood”
I am older; my Dad was an older guy when he had me. He fought in WWII.
Growing up he always told me: “I fought the jackboots. One day it will be your turn.”