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The Trump administration is planning to send 100 military troops to the Chicago area, according to Gov. JB Pritzker’s characterization of a memo received by the Illinois National Guard.

Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration is seeking to consolidate power: “You cannot call this anything except an attack on the Constitution of the United States.”

The move comes after days of violence outside a Broadview ICE detention center where federal agents have fired chemical agents and nonlethal rounds at protesters.

Members of the U.S. Border Patrol paraded through downtown Chicago on Sunday, where its commander told WBEZ his officers consider race when making arrests.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the federal government should “expect a legal challen

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