Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday laid out whether the National Guard would be deployed to Chicago, sharing the most concrete statement on a potential deployment yet.

Speaking at a news conference, Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard learned the Department of Homeland Security sent a memo to the Department of War requesting 100 military personnel to be sent to Illinois for protecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and facilities during immigration enforcement efforts.

The reported instruction was given after heavily armed Border Patrol agents were seen patrolling busy streets of downtown Chicago over the weekend and protests escalated outside a Broadview ICE processing center, where chemical agents were deployed during clashes between agents and demon

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