Live Updates: Illinois Sues Trump Over Guard Deployments, Expanding Multistate Fight
"The lawsuit seeks to block the White House from sending Texas National Guard troops to Chicago. It came hours after a federal judge blocked deployments from any state to Portland, Ore.
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Officials in Oregon and Illinois stepped up efforts to block what they denounced as President Trump’s “invasion” of their cities with National Guard troops, fighting legal battles on multiple fronts on Monday even as 200 soldiers from Texas were headed for Chicago.
Illinois officials sued Mr. Trump on Monday, hours after the president ordered hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers to deploy for “federal protection missions” in Chicago and Portland, Ore. The lawsuit in Illinois followed a stern ruling by a federal judge in Oregon on Sunday blocking Mr. Trump from sending Guard members from any state to Portland.
Mayor Johnson of Chicago said the sharp escalation in federal immigration raids and arrests has caused the recent conflict and disruption in the city. “I’m calling on this president to leave us the freak alone,” he said. “We haven’t bothered anybody. We’re talking about a city where our economy is rebounding, where violent crime is going down.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago says he will issue an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones,” banning federal immigration agents from staging on city property or private businesses without a warrant. “We cannot allow them to rampage through our city with no checks or balances,” Johnson said of federal agents. “If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will.”
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The first group of about 200 Texas National Guard solders is en route to Chicago, a U.S. military official said on Monday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday federalized 400 members of the the state’s National Guard, with the support of Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, to support federal law enforcement officials in Chicago and Portland.
Some background on the escalating battle over troop deployments: Chicago has been roiled by the presence of federal immigration agents in the city and its suburbs for weeks. Agents have deployed tear gas with no warning, raided apartments and zip-tied residents for hours in the middle of the night, and handcuffed a City Council member at a hospital after she asked to see an arrest warrant for a detainee.
Illinois officials sued the Trump administration on Monday morning, seeking to stop the mobilization of National Guard troops to the state. Gov. JB Pritzker has objected to the deployment of troops from Texas. In the lawsuit, state officials argue that the administration’s actions would “undermine public safety by inciting a public outcry.”
Two Chicago residents have been charged with using their cars to “assault, impede, and interfere with the work of federal agents,” federal prosecutors said on Sunday.
The charges stemmed from a confrontation Saturday morning between federal agents and motorists on the Southwest Side of Chicago that resulted in a federal agent shooting one of the motorists, Marimar Martinez, 30. She was treated and released from a hospital.
A federal judge on Sunday night blocked the Trump administration from deploying hundreds of out-of-state National Guard troops to Oregon, even as President Trump turned to the Texas guard in a widening hunt for military forces to send to Democratic cities.
The Trump administration had tried to send hundreds of California National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., while mustering hundreds more from Texas, despite a stern ruling from Judge Karin Immergut of U.S. District Court in Oregon just Saturday that sought to block military forces."
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