Texas National Guard en route to Chicago
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With the Texas National Guard now in Illinois, here’s what you need to know about the unit
The Texas National Guard, no stranger to being deployed for immigration enforcement, is in the Midwest to “safeguard” ICE officers.
The Administration has also sought to crack down on crime in major cities such as Washington, D.C., and Memphis. Trump has long railed against crime in Chicago, calling it a “shooting disaster” as far back as 2013 and repeatedly pointing to gun violence in the city.
Against the wishes of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Donald Trump is set to deploy hundreds of National Guardsmen in Chicago. Find out when and where.
The Illinois National Guard has received an official notification from the Pentagon authorizing a mission in Chicago, according to an Illinois official.
Illinois filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying hundreds of federalized National Guard troops into the streets of Chicago. The Democratic-led state and the city of Chicago filed the lawsuit hours after a federal judge in Oregon on Sunday temporarily blocked Trump's administration from sending any National Guard troops to police Portland,