Trump federalizes the National Guard in Chicago, while troops arrive in Oregon

"Guard members will be used to protect federal property as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Federal Protective Service agents and other federal employees, according to a copy of a federal memo viewed by NPR. They will be sent to places where there are "violent demonstrations" in the state or where they are likely to occur based on "current threat assessments," the memo said. Already this year, the Trump administration has sent National Guard members to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C."

"The new deployment effort comes against the wishes of the Democratic governors of Oregon and Illinois, Tina Kotek and JB Pritzker, who say the Guard deployment is unnecessary and will escalate tensions. On Saturday, Pritzker wrote in a post on X that the "Trump Administration's Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will." Pritzker added: "It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.""

Federal authorities authorized deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members and have sent troops from California to Oregon, while a federal judge temporarily blocked Oregon's Guard deployment to Portland. Guard members will protect federal property, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal Protective Service agents, and other federal employees, and will be sent to locations with violent demonstrations or where such demonstrations are likely based on current threat assessments. The administration previously sent Guard members to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and intends to send troops to Memphis. Democratic governors of Oregon and Illinois oppose the deployments and warn they will escalate tensions.

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