In the face of a Trump administration directive to investigate state and local officials who don’t toe the line on the president’s orders on immigration, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said they will stand up for law-abiding residents regardless of their legal status.

Illinois leaders on Monday said they were bracing for the effects of a still unspecified immigration policy from the administration of new President Donald Trump.

The City of Chicago and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker are vowing to protect immigrant communities as President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportation continues to make waves. Trump’s deportation pledge has been criticized by many in blue-state Illinois,