Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proudly defended Chicago's sanctuary city status on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as he testified before a congressional committee on the city's immigration policies, saying,

Johnson is appearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to defend the city’s law that, in part, restricts police from detaining people solely based on their immigration status.

The mayor sat for over five hours taking it from some of the staunchest conservatives on the Capitol Hill. Political Reporter Chris Tye reports from Washington.