Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has been eager to push back against President Donald Trump , and now the moment that could catapult him into the national limelight — with near-term consequences for his state and long-term implications for his political future — has come.

Pritzker said at a news conference Tuesday that a federal immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago is imminent. He also said Trump “has no idea what he’s talking about,” after the president claimed in a social media post that “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far” and later told reporters the city is a “hellhole.”

“There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone who takes his word at face value is insulting

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