In a post on his Truth Social account, President Trump targeted Chicago, along with New York and Los Angeles, for a new round of mass deportation ICE raids.

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," Cardinal Blase Cupich said.

Thousands gathered in Daley Plaza and in suburban events in protests timed to coincide with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.

President Trump is now directing federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from New York and other Democratic-run cities​.

As a military parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions of Americans are expected to protest in what organizers predict will be the strongest display of opposition to Trump’s administration since he took office in January.

Chicagoans gathered again downtown Tuesday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown with a pair of demonstrations outside Chicago immigration court and later in Dirksen

Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday defended Illinois' sanctuary laws protecting undocumented immigrants at a hearing before Congress, while accusing President Donald Trump of "abuses of power" by deploying the military to Los Angeles in response to protests against his administration's immigration crackdown.

Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson slams President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and ICE during his weekly presser. (Credit: WFLD FOX-32)