SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked the Department of War to send 100 military troops to Illinois to protect ICE agents, according to a memo seen by Gov. JB Pritzker. The Democrat said President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by putting military troops in American cities.

"The MAGA Republican-supported invasion of Portland, Chicago, L.A. and Washington, D.C. is not making us any safer," Pritzker said Monday. "Instead, it is putting our people in danger."

This comes after weeks of protests outside an ICE facility in Broadview, where ICE agents have used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.

Pritzker told reporters in Chicago that he is furious the Trump administration is now arresting people on the street "simp

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