"Raoul argues that these efforts to send in guard troops against a state's will infringe upon the state's sovereignty and self-governance while leading to unrest and harm for the state's residents. It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations and increasing the mistrust of police. It also creates economic harm, depressing business activities and tourism that not only hurt Illinoisians but also hurt Illinois's tax revenue, Raoul wrote."
"Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Donald Trump from calling up the state's national guard or sending in troops from other states immediately and permanently. The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president's favor, the lawsuit says."
Illinois filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the president from calling up the state's National Guard or sending in troops from other states immediately and permanently. The lawsuit contends Americans should not live under the threat of occupation by the U.S. military simply because local leaders have fallen out of presidential favor. The complaint cites federal deployments to Democratic-led cities to clamp down on protests and support deportations, with Chicago a central target. Officials say such deployments infringe state sovereignty, increase unrest and mistrust of police, harm community relations, and impose economic damage to businesses, tourism, and tax revenue.
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