CHICAGO CITY HALL (WBBM Newsradio) -- Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson downplayed the apparent disagreement between his office and Cook County's top prosecutor over his new executive order aimed at federal immigration agents accused of breaking the law.
The mayor insisted to reporters at City Hall on Tuesday that his order signed January 31 is consistent with the wishes of State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke as it relates to federal agents involved in alleged criminal activity.
"The State's Attorney has said publicly that she is prepared to prosecute federal agents," said the mayor, noting that the order directing Chicago police to collect information, including names and badge numbers of federal agents and supervisors is designed to create a "pathway to accountability."
But O'Neill Burke went on social media over the weekend, apparently to rebut the mayor's suggestion that she supported the order. Her post said that her office had not seen the order before it was released, and that her office is reviewing it now.
"I don't see it as a disconnect," the mayor said, adding that details on how the order will be implemented will be worked out in the next 30 days: "We all have to work together."