Plans for National Guard soldiers in Illinois follow similar deployments in other parts of the US. Photo: AP PHOTO

The Trump administration plans to federalise 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Governor JB Pritzker says.

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Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon that the troops would be called up.

He did not specify when or where they would be deployed, but President Donald Trump has long threatened to send troops to Chicago.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the plan is "un-American". (AP PHOTO)

"This morning, the Trump Administration's Department of War

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