Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration gave him an ultimatum: call up 300 Illinois National Guard members or President Donald Trump would do it for him.

Pritzker's statement comes after weeks of signals from the Trump administration that it would send National Guard members to Chicago to fight crime. The administration has already sent federal agents to protect a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Broadview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The building has attracted protests from people opposed to Trump’s immigration policies.

"It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will," Pritzker said. "In the coming hours, the Trump administration intends to federalize 300 members of

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