CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is prepared to take President Donald Trump to court if the White House follows through on threats to send National Guard troops and ICE agents to Chicago .

What we know:

The governor spoke Thursday afternoon, three days after Trump said he would deploy the Guard as part of his crime crackdown initiative.

Pritzker said he has not received official confirmation, but has heard the Guard could be fully assembled in Chicago by Friday and begin operations as soon as early Saturday morning.

"We're going to immediately go to court," Pritzker said. "If National Guard or other military troops are sent to, deployed to the city of Chicago, immediately go to court. So that's going to be our first line of defense is getting a court to issue a TRO

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