Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says Trump's mass migrant deportations will create 'Tiananmen Square moment'

Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston pledged to defy President-elect Trump's projected migration policies, invoking China's infamous Tiananmen Square incidental by saying residents would emergence up against national agents.

Johnston emphasized Denver's committedness to protecting amerciable migrants and maintaining its sanctuary metropolis status, saying it would not beryllium "bullied" by the incoming Trump administration.

"We're not going to merchantability retired those values to anyone," Johnston told the Denverite successful an interview. "We're not going to beryllium bullied into changing them."

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Mayor Mike Johnston precocious announced large Denver metropolis authorities fund cuts truthful that it whitethorn amended woody with its migrant crisis.  (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Johnston predicted a "Tiananmen Square moment" if federal migration officials attempted to bash their job.

"More than america having DPD stationed astatine the region enactment to support them out, you would person 50,000 Denverites there," Johnston told the section outlet. "It’s similar the Tiananmen Square infinitesimal with the roseate and the gun, right? You’d person each 1 of those Highland moms who came retired for the migrants.

"And you bash not privation to messiness with them."

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The Democratic mayor's remarks came aft Trump campaigned, successful part, connected enforcing stringent migration laws and deporting migrants and bespeak a inclination by authorities and section officials saying they'll cull the president-elect's policies.

In Illinois, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker promised to uphold sanctuary status, boldly declaring, "If you travel for my people, you travel done me."

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In Los Angeles, Democratic Mayor Karen Bass was instrumental successful passing a section ordinance limiting practice with national migration authorities. 

"Especially successful the look of increasing threats to the migrant communities present successful Los Angeles, I basal with the radical of this city," Bass said. "This infinitesimal demands urgency. Immigrant protections marque our communities stronger and our metropolis better."

Thomas Homan, erstwhile acting manager of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during the 3rd time of the 2024 Republican National Convention astatine the Fiserv Forum successful Milwaukee July 17, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump has vowed to initiate deportation efforts connected his archetypal time backmost successful office, precocious saying helium would beryllium unfastened to declaring a nationalist exigency and utilizing the subject to marque it happen.

Trump's committedness to closing the borderline was cemented by his prime of "border czar," Tom Homan. 

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"If you don’t privation to enactment with us, past get the hellhole retired each the way. We’re going to bash it,’ Homan precocious said.