"US President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to "protect federal officers and assets" in Chicago, the White House said Saturday. Trump has been threatening to make the move for weeks as part of his militarized crackdown on immigration, which has triggered protests and accusations from critics that the president is using authoritarian tactics to seize power."
"The decision was announced shortly after a judge temporarily suspended a similar deployment to Portland, Oregon. Trump has already sent National Guard troops to Washington DC, Los Angeles and Memphis to clamp down on what he has called "rampant" crime, and has threatened to do the same for Chicago, New Orleans and Portland, among others. The cities in question all have Democratic leaders, who all dispute Trump's claims that crime is out of control."
"The incident saw a group, which included the armed woman, ramming cars into ICE vehicles, a DHS spokesperson said. US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on X that she was "deploying more special operations to control the scene" and that "reinforcements were on their way." No officers were seriously injured in the confrontation, while the woman took herself to hospital, a DHS statement said."
President Trump authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago to protect federal officers and assets amid protests over immigration enforcement. The deployment follows a judge's temporary suspension of a similar action in Portland and comes after earlier National Guard deployments to Washington DC, Los Angeles and Memphis. The announcement followed a DHS account that US Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman during a standoff between protesters and ICE agents, an incident involving vehicles ramming ICE vehicles. DHS officials said reinforcements were being deployed, no officers were seriously injured, and the woman sought hospital treatment. Chicago has seen several protests and arrests related to immigration raids.
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