by Ben Whedon
The city of Chicago and state of Illinois on Monday sued the Trump administration in a bid to stop the deployment of the National Guard to the Windy City, the Associated Press reported.
President Donald Trump has sought to send troops to Chicago to crack down on crime and illegal immigration in a manner similar to his Washington, D.C., crackdown. Both Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., and Mayor Brandon Johnson have strongly opposed such a move.
The suit comes as Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Oregon has faced a judicial stay on 10th Amendment grounds. The White House has furiously condemned the ruling, which deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller calling it an “egregious” decision.
“A district court judge has no conceivable authority, whatsoever, to restrict the President and Commander-in-Chief from dispatching members of the US military to defend federal lives and property,” he posted on X. ”
Also on Monday, Johnson signed an “ICE Free Zone” executive order, which prevents Immigration and Customs Enforcement from rom using any city-owned property in their ongoing operations in Chicago.
“We will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residents’ constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority. ICE agents are detaining elected officials, tear-gassing protestors, children, and Chicago police officers, and abusing Chicago residents. We will not stand for that in our city,” said Johnson. “With this Executive Order, Chicago stands firm in protecting the Constitutional rights of our residents and immigrant communities and upholding our democracy.”
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Ben Whedon is a reporter for Just the News. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
Photo “Governor JB Pritzker” by Governor JB Pritzker.
