CHICAGO—A federal judge on Oct. 9 heard arguments on whether to block President Donald Trump’s deployment of Texas National Guard troops into Chicago.
On Oct. 6, the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed suit against Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in an attempt to stop the deployment.
“The deployment of federalized National Guard, including from another state, infringes on Illinois’s sovereignty and right to self-governance,” the lawsuit alleges.
“It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations and increasing the mistrust of police.”
Christopher Wells of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, representing the state, said the administration’s talk of a rebellion brewing is “such an audacious claim.” The deployment “is about the president’s animus for this community,” he said….