Illinois and Chicago leaders spoke out Monday against President Donald Trump's threat to send the National Guard to "clean up" the city, calling Trump's plans "unprecedented," "unwarranted," "illegal," "unconstitutional" and "un-American."

"If it sounds to you like I am alarmist, that is because I am ringing an alarm. One that I hope every person listening will heed, both here in Illinois and across the country," Illinois Gov J.B. Pritzker said . "Over the weekend, we learned from the media that Donald Trump has been planning for quite a while now to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago. This is exactly the type of overreach that our country's founders warned against."

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson also spoke at Monday's event, along with Illinois Attorney Gen

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