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Legal Feud Boils as Illinois and Oregon Accuse Trump of ‘Invasion’ - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Illinois and Oregon challenge federal troop deployments to protect state authority amid protests, with Illinois citing less than 8,000 residents in nearby Broadview, court filings show.

  • On Monday, State of Illinois and City of Chicago filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the federalization of the Illinois National Guard and out-of-state troops, following a judge's block in Oregon.
  • A Department of Defense memo shows the Trump administration federalized 200 Oregon National Guard members and authorized at least 300 Illinois National Guard troops.
  • Local media reported federal officers arrested demonstrators during daytime protests at the Portland ICE facility and used tear gas and pepper balls.
  • A U.S. military official said about 200 Texas National Guard troops were en route to Chicago, while courts scheduled rapid hearings and the administration sought an appeals pause.
  • Civil liberties groups such as the ACLU warned that using military forces in cities raises constitutional federalism concerns, while Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the deployments unfair and political.
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Appeal of the Illinois and the city of the Midwest against the federal government. Governor Dem, Pritzker: "It is the invasion of Trump" . In Oregon a judge blocked the entry to Portland of the National Guard

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Officials in Oregon and Illinois intensified efforts to block what they denounced as President Trump's "invasion" of their cities with National Guard troops, waging legal battles on multiple fronts on Monday, even as 200 Texas soldiers were headed to Chicago. Illinois officials sued Trump on Monday, a day after the president ordered hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers to deploy for "federal protection missions" in Chicago and Portland, Ore…

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