Mayor Mike Johnston joined dozens of American municipal leaders to argue against the “unlawful invasion of Minneapolis.”Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is sworn in during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. The same week Mayor Mike Johnston traveled to Washington, D.C. for a meeting of big-city mayors, he described federal immigration police as “the bad guys” as his office declared the city was joining “the legal fight” against ICE. That’s a premise dozens of mayors, including Johnston, reject, arguing masked ICE officers are endangering everyone and spreading chaos across the country. “ICE isn’t keeping us safe from the bad guys,” Johnston wrote. 'ICE’s occupation of American cities must end now,' Mayor Mike Johnston wrote.