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DHS brass blasts Chicago mayor for blaming ICE chief as crime rises after ‘safest summer’ claim

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson drew sharp criticism from the Department of Homeland Security after suggesting that a federal immigration operation under Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino disrupted what he said had been the city’s safest summer in decades.Johnson has been touting recent analysis that 2025 was Chicago’s safest summer in 60 years in terms of violent crime, as the city’s NPR affiliate found a total of 123 murders occurred between June and August last year.The University of Chicago’s Crime Lab found that violent crime declined across the country, including in the city throughout 20...

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