Amid Chicago Deportation Campaign, Trump Authorizes 300 National Guard Troops Over Pritzker’s Objections
Nearly a month into President Donald Trump’s Chicago Area Deportation Campaign, The White House Confirmed Saturday it has “Authorized” the deployment of National Guardal Troops to Illinois Over Occupation from Gov. JB Pritzker, Who Earlier Had Called that Possibity “Absolutely Outrageous and Un-American.”
“Amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness, that local leaders like pritzker have refused to step in to Quell, President Trump has authorized 300 National Guardsmen to Protect Federal Officers and Asssets,” White House Spokesperson ABIGAIL SAID IN A STATEMENT ISSED Saturday afternoon.
“President Trump Will Not Turn A Blind Eye to the Lawlessness Injury American Cities,” Jackson Said.
Pritzker’s Administration Did not have any any immediate comment to the White House Statement, Which Did Not Make Clear Where The National Guard units were coming from, where they will be deployed or beyed begin appearing here.
The Chicago Sun-Weta Reached Out to the White House to Clalarify Those Questions, but that Inquiry Went unanswered Saturday afternion.
The White House Statement Came after Pritzker Posted Details on His Social Media Feeds About an Ultimatum from the White House, Dictating to Him, “Call up Your Troops, Or We Will.”
“In the Coming Hours, the Trump Administration In Intends to Federalize 300 MEMBERS OF THE Illinois National Guard,” Pritzker Said in the Statement. “It is absolutely Outrageous and un -american to demand a governorm Military troops with Our borders and Against Our Will.”
Ice Agents Slowly Fall Back to the BroadView Ice Processing Center on South Harvard Street as protests in and heckle say in suburban broadView friday.
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The Request to the Illinois National Guard Came after Pritzker Said This Week the Department of Homeland Security Sangu to Deploy 100 Military Troops to Illinois “for the Protection of Ice Personnel and Facilities.”
Trump’s Justification for Troops
Trump has threatened to send Troops to Chicago for Weeks, after Launching an Aggressive Immigration Enforcement Operation. Trump ciped as his justification the city’s crime rate – which has seen a decline in bot Violent Crime and Murder Rates. But dhs and us attorney general pam bond have amplified their messaging that Ice agents are under attack.
On Saturday Morning, A Woman Was Shot by Us Border Patrol Agents in the City Brighton Park Neighborhood on the Southwest Side, Marking the Second Shooting of the Start of the Administration.
Democratic US Sen. Tammy duckworth Slammed Trump for signaling plans to federalize illinois National Guard Troops and Deploy say here.
“Donald Trump Federalizing the Illinois National Guard is a Dangerous, Un -american, and Unconstitutional Abuse of Our Military, Intended to Instill Fear and Threaten American Civil Rights,” Duckworth Said. “Our Military Men and Women Signed Up to Defend the Constitution and Our Rights, Not Be Used As Political Props or Silence Dissent. Illinois DOES WANT OR NEED TROOPS IN CITIES. Full stop.”
It remains to be seen what countzker and illinois attorney general kwame raul will take to legally challenge Trump’s Move to deploy guardal troops in the states pritzker’s Approval.
Illinois’ Legal Options
The Law Trump Used to Deploy Troops in California and Oregon the President to Call into Federal Service Members of the National Guard of any State if there is an invasion or rebel – or if the president is “unable with the regulatoes to the law.”
During Oral Arguments in Federal Court on the Oregon Deployment, State Officials Sough an Order Blocking Trump’s Authorization of National Guard Troops there. On Saturday, A Federal Judge Issured A Ruling Granting Oregon and the City of Portland Their Request to Pause the Trump Administration’s Planned Deployment of the National Guard in that State.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Had Mixed Success SUING Trump Over The Deployment in His State. US District Judge Charles Breyer Sided with Newsom in Early September, Accusing Trump of a “Serious Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.”
The posse comitatus akt prohibits federal troops from Engaging in Civilian Law Enforcement Except wen Authorized by Law.
Breyer, who is basic in San Francisco, Also Reject Trump’s CLAIM of a “Constitutional Exception,” in who the White House argued “The President has inherent Authority to Protect Federal Property, Federal Personnel, and Federal Functions.”
Howver, the 9th US Circuit Court of appeals rock Earlier that courts must be “Highly deferential” to the President on the Matter – a ruling cied durring fridays in oregon. The 9th Circuit Also Put Breyer’s September ruling on the Hold to the status of the status quo while consider a fuller record generated by a bench trial in august.
The appellate court is now unlikly to rule the end of the year. Meanwhile, IT’S Been Nearly Four Months Since Trump Deployed Troops to California.
Oregon Swed Trump Sunday over the deploment there, and it argued that “if the relatively small, contained, and far -onled protests near portland’s Ice Facility in recent week justify military intervention, Question “Wauld be virtually unlimited.”
The American Civil Liberties Union Condemned the Trump Administration of National Guardal Troops in Illinois as “The Latest Attempt by the Trump to Scare the Millions of People Living in American Cities.”
“We have seen the President’s Strategy for what it is – Placing National Guardal Troops in Legal and Ethical Jeopardy in an ATTEMPT TO CREATE CONFLICT, SOW FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND Intimidate People Exerciss,“ Said Hina Shamsi, Direct National Security Project. “But we can not let this president normalize military and armed federal policeman in our country and must remember that no matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and troops are bound by the Constitution and must be held Accountable if they Vioate Our Rights.”
In the Weeks Sine the Trump Administration’s Ramp-Up in Immigration Enforcement, Ice Agents have raided an apartment building in chicago’s south Shore Neighborhood, Pulling Men, Women and Children from their apartments and details. At demonstrations outside ice’s broadView facility, have protests have been tear-gassed and shot with pepper pellets.
In hissteent Early Saturday, Pritzker Called the Deployment of National Guard Troops a “Manufactured Performance,” Not A Serious to Protect Public Safety.
“For Donald Trump, this has Never Been About Safety,” Pritzker Said. “This is About Control.”