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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has given him an ultimatum to call up 300 National Guard troops or federal authorities would do so.

The planned deployment follows similar federal law enforcement escalations in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Pritzker called the move “absolutely outrageous” and a “manufactured performance” focused on control rather than public safety.

After weeks of threatening to send federal troops to Chicago, the Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.

Pritzker said the National Guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be calle

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