CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois officials were supported on Tuesday due to the possibility of a National Guard arrival It’s a legal challenge It’s still boiling down to President Donald Trump’s plan to send hundreds of troops to the Chicago area, critics are blazing the development as an attack on the city.
Illinois Governor JB Pretzker, Democrats, have a state security force of about 300 people. Federal Government and Send From Texas, we head to Chicago with 400.
“He wants to justify and normalize the existence of armed soldiers under his direct command,” Pretzker said of Trump.
He accused the president of using him as a “political prop” and “pawns.”
Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican of Texas, posted a photo on social media on Monday.
A federal judge gave the Trump administration two days to respond to a lawsuit filed Monday by Chicago, where Illinois and Chicago challenged the plan. The hearing is scheduled for Thursday. “These progress in President Trump’s longtime “war” in Chicago and Illinois is illegal and dangerous,” according to the lawsuit. ”
Trump’s bid to deploy troops in US soil over local opposition It caused a conflict with the Blue Governor. In Oregon, I’ll judge it on the weekend Security guards were blocked to Portland.
The Trump administration portrayed cities as war-torn and lawless in their crackdown on illegal immigration. But Illinois and Oregon officials say military intervention is not necessary and federal involvement is on fire.
A view of an armed border patrol agent Arrested near famous landmarks It amplifies concerns from Chicagoans Already unsure After the immigrant crackdown that began last month. Agents are targeting Latinos, where there are high numbers of immigrants.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday banning federal immigration agents and others from using city-owned properties, such as parking lots, garages and vacant lots, as a staging area for enforcement operations.
The Illinois ACLU is also suing the federal government for unleashing campaigns of violence and threats against peaceful protesters and journalists over weeks of demonstrations outside the US immigration and customs enforcement facility in Broadview, near Chicago.
Homeland Security spokesman Tricia McLaughlin responded to the lawsuit, saying “the initial amendment would not be riots, but would protect speech and peaceful assembly.”
In Oregon, the Portland Ice Facility has been a nightly location for protests for months. Local police declared a riot in June, and since then, there have been few conflicts. Over the past few weeks, nighttime protests have typically attracted dozens of people before the development was announced. Over the weekend, a large crowd gathered outside the facility, with federal agents firing tear gas.
The most violent crime in the United States I declined In recent years, in Portland, murders between January and June have declined from 51% to 17 this year compared to the same period in 2024, data show.
Since launching a second term, Trump has dispatched or spoke about sending troops to 10 cities, including Baltimore. Memphis, Tennessee. District of Columbia; New Orleans; California cities in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
a A federal judge said in September. The administration “deliberately” violated federal law by deploying security forces in Los Angeles over protests over immigrant raids.
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Associated Press reporters, Sofia Turrene of Chicago, Todd Richmond of Madison, Wisconsin, and Ed White of Detroit contributed to the story.
