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Illinois officials and the city of Chicago are suing Donald Trump’s administration to stop the president from imminently deploying National Guard troops to the state, expanding the multi-state legal battle challenging the president’s attempts to send the military into Democratic-led states and cities.
The lawsuit was filed hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to call up hundreds of members of the Texas National Guard to perform “federal protection missions” in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, after a frustrated federal judge blocked the president from ordering any Guard members in any state from deploying to Oregon.
Last week, Oregon officials similarly sued the administration, arguing that the president’s t
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