Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act in Chicago, and his deployment of the National Guard sets up a legal clash testing the limits of presidential power.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday accused the Trump administration of staging a “military-style invasion” of Chicago, striking fear in residents with “thuggery” tactics by immigration agents and even deploying Black Hawk helicopters to raid an apartment building.

Pritzker slammed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown targeting Chicago just hours after the state and City of Chicago filed a lawsuit seeking to block the federalization and deployment of the National Guard.

https://abc7.com/post/illinois-files-lawsuit-block-deployment-national-guard/17950308/

A national security law expert describes the legal hurdles President Donald Trump faces as he plans to send National Guard troops to other Democratic-led cities like Chicago and Portland, Oregon.

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