The president can federalize a state's National Guard without the governor's approval to secure federal assets and employees. Federalized forces are normally limited to protecting federal property and personnel unless the Insurrection Act is invoked to suppress insurrection or unrest. Illinois leadership opposes federal mobilization for Chicago, but the president retains the legal authority to proceed. Critics contend federalization could be used to support federal immigration enforcement in sanctuary cities. Historical precedent shows the Guard has been deployed for major civil unrest, and preemptive activation would mark a significant shift in practice.
The whole point of the system of state control of local law enforcement and of state militias is as a check against federal abuse of power,
This has been true since the founding of the United States, and the only alteration to this system of divided power was after the Civil War.
Federal control over military power is being abused to support a system of due process-free, snatch-and-grab immigration 'enforcement' against state opposition,
disaster.
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