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This morning, 500 National Guard troops are active in Chicago, deployed for at least 60 days despite an ongoing lawsuit challenging the move
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Straight Arrow News was there as protesters took to the streets overnight condemning the deployment
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According to U.S. Northern Command, 300 troops come from the Illinois National Guard and 200 from Texas
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They say the mission is to protect ICE agents, federal personnel and federal property, not to police local streets
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Today, a federal judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago seeking to block the deployment
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In a post on Truth Social, President Trump called for Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson to be imprisoned for failing to protect ICE officers
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Pritzker fired back, saying he will not back down, accusing Trump of full-blown authoritarianism
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Johnson called the president's comments racist, saying this is not the first time Trump has tried to have a black man unjustly arrested
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Meanwhile, in Portland, an appeals court has lifted an order blocking the deployment of Oregon National Guard troops
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However, a broader ban on out-of-state troops entering Oregon remains in effect as the court prepares to hear oral arguments today
