US EditionChicago mayor: National Guard deployment ‘illegal, unconstitutional … dangerous’
Despite legal challenges and local opposition, National Guard troops from Texas and Illinois are deployed to Chicago and Memphis to assist law enforcement amid ongoing crime concerns.
- Trump has sent or discussed sending troops to 10 US cities, including Baltimore, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
- The Illinois Attorney General said Americans should not live under threat of military occupation simply because city or state leadership has fallen out of the president's favor.
- Trump is calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power, with his agents grabbing people off the streets and separating children from parents.
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In the dispute over the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois, Trump calls for the arrest of the mayor of Chicago. The Democrat - a black man - implicitly accuses the president of racism.
Trump calls for jailing of Illinois leaders as court showdowns over troop deployments near
By Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The running battle between President Donald Trump and Democratic-led cities is nearing a new inflection point, as National Guard troops gather near Chicago while lawyers prepare for critical court hearings 2,000 miles away from each other. The Trump administration is tying planned deployments in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, to increasingly tense protests outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement fac…
National Guard soldiers from Texas have arrived in the state of Illinois, where, according to the Trump administration, they are to be ready to maintain law and order. The mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois are protesting the soldiers, describing the move as dangerous and illegal.
Chicago mayor: National Guard deployment ‘illegal, unconstitutional … dangerous’
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) on Tuesday called the expected National Guard deployment in his city “illegal, unconstitutional,” and “dangerous,” as local officials await the arrival of federalized troops. In a press conference, the Democratic mayor told reporters that the Trump administration has not shared with his team any details about President Trump’s plans to…
Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for ‘dramatic’ response ahead of imminent National Guard deployment – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo
“In the coming days and weeks, we may be pushed, if not forced, to take even more dramatic action if this administration continues to escalate and provoke our people,” Johnson told reporters. Pressed to elaborate, he said, “Everything. Everything, whatever is necessary to ensure that we’re protecting people.”
The US president has threatened the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois with prison. Although neither has been charged with a crime, both are vocal opponents of Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in the city. Meanwhile, troops sent by the president to clean up the city have arrived at a military facility near Chicago.
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