Both the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are suing the Trump administration over its deployment of the National Guard: "Defendants' deployment of federalized troops to Illinois is patently unlawful," reads the lawsuit. "Plaintiffs ask this court to halt the illegal, dangerous, and unconstitutional federalization of members of the National Guard of the United States, including both the Illinois and Texas National Guard."
Trump had followed this same playbook in Los Angeles, to quell immigration-related protests, and in D.C., to apparently help solve crime and disorder; he seemed to believe he could throw a few hundred National Guardsmen Chicago's way on the heels of violent (and peaceful) skirmishes between immigration authorities conducting raids and protesters attempting to stop them (under the guise of "protect[ing] federal officers and assets," of course).
