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BIZARRE: Illinois sues trump seeking to block deployment of national guard | Mind Blowing Facts

people walking holding signs that say 'fight ignorance not immigrants' and 'hands off chicago'
People hold signs during a demonstration against Ice and planned deployment of national guard troops in Chicago, Illinois, on 9 September. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczyński/AFP/Getty Images

National guard troops from Texas are heading to Illinois after a federal judge declined to immediately block them in response to a lawsuit from the state against the Trump administration.

Texas national guard members departed the Fort Bliss military installation in El Paso on a US military transport plane on Monday evening.

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