"National Guard troops from Texas have arrived in the US state of Illinois, ahead of a planned deployment to Chicago that is strongly opposed by local officials. The arrival of the troops on Tuesday is the latest escalation by the administration of United States President Donald Trump in its crackdown on the country's third-largest city, and comes despite active legal challenges from Chicago and the state of Illinois making their way through the courts."
"The president repeatedly has described Chicago in hostile terms, calling it a hellhole of crime, although police statistics show significant drops in most crimes, including homicides. If you look at Chicago, Chicago is a great city where there's a lot of crime, and if the governor can't do the job, we'll do the job, Trump said on Tuesday of his decision to send the National Guard to the city against the wishes of state leadership. It's all very simple."
Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois ahead of a planned deployment to Chicago despite active legal challenges from the city and state. The Guard's exact mission was not immediately clear, though the administration has an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in Chicago and protesters have frequently rallied at an immigration building in Broadview. The president sharply criticized Chicago and said federal forces would act if state leadership would not, while government data shows a 33 percent reduction in homicides and a 38 percent reduction in shootings in the first half of 2025. The president has also ordered Guard troops to Portland and previously to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, actions that drew opposition from Democratic mayors and governors, and a federal judge found a prior deployment in Los Angeles violated federal law.
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