Illinois AG Raoul says he’s ready to file a challenge if federal troops arrive in Chicago.

A federal judge in California recently ruled the activation of the National Guard for law enforcement purposes in Los Angeles was illegal earlier this year.

Raoul, meanwhile, is challenging the administration’s plan to withhold millions in public safety and disaster relief funds from Illinois and other states.

Illinois cannot yet file suit against the federal government for an apparent plan to send federal troops to Chicago, Attorney General Kwame Raoul said, but if boots hit the ground, President Donald Trump “should expect a legal challenge here.”

It would be the latest in a bevy of lawsuits that the state has filed against the Trump administration in relation to immigration.

That includes two

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