Chicago officials forcefully rejected threatened federal troop deployments tied to an immigration enforcement plan and led chants opposing any troops in the city. Hundreds of Labor Day protests nationwide occurred under the Workers Over Billionaires movement, demanding protection of Social Security and increased funding for public schools, healthcare, and housing. Demonstrators gathered outside Trump Tower carrying anti-Trump signs and chanting for accountability. The Workers Over Billionaires coalition emphasized prioritizing workers over billionaires. Lawmakers return from recess with fewer than 30 days to reach a funding agreement to avoid a partial government shutdown on September 30 amid deep partisan divisions.
As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration's threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown. No federal troops in the city of Chicago, said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the Workers over Billionaires demonstration in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. Johnson added: We're going to defend our democracy we're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.
Johnson later led the crowd in chants of No troops in Chicago and Invest in Chicago, the New York Times reported, amid speculation that national guard troops could be deployed as early as this week. Protesters also met outside the Trump Tower in the city's River North neighborhood, carrying anti-Trump posters and chanting Lock him up, according to footage posted to social media.
Monday's rally in Chicago was one of hundreds of protests organized across the country as part of the national Workers Over Billionaires effort, a mass action calling for the protection of social safety nets such as Social Security; the funding of public schools, healthcare, and housing; amid other demands. Together we will demand a country that puts workers over billionaires, said the May Day Strong group, a coalition to labor unions, in a statement about the event.
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