Trump Sends National Guard To Chicago
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President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard members to Chicago, where on the same day Border Patrol agents shot and injured a woman they said tried to run them over. The White House cited ongoing violence and lawlessness as reasons for the deployment. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker criticized the decision, calling it unnecessary and a performance rather than a genuine safety effort. Federal agents shot the woman Saturday morning, and investigators said she was armed with a semiautomatic weapon. The woman was treated at a hospital and released. Trump has long threatened to send troops to Chicago.
In response, Illinois has followed California and Oregon in filing lawsuits to stop President Trump from sending in hundreds of National Guard troops to Democrat-led big cities. The lawsuit filed Monday by Illinois and Chicago alleges that Trump’s authorization Saturday to deploy 300 troops to the Windy City is “unlawful and dangerous.”
A federal judge on Sunday told Trump he couldn’t send troops to Oregon — hours after that state’s governor said 101 California National Guard members already had arrived Saturday with more on the way and headed to Portland.
In response, Illinois has followed California and Oregon in filing lawsuits to stop President Trump from sending in hundreds of National Guard troops to Democrat-led big cities. The lawsuit filed Monday by Illinois and Chicago alleges that Trump’s authorization Saturday to deploy 300 troops to the Windy City is “unlawful and dangerous.”
A federal judge on Sunday told Trump he couldn’t send troops to Oregon — hours after that state’s governor said 101 California National Guard members already had arrived Saturday with more on the way and headed to Portland.
