The state of Illinois and city of Chicago sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to block the deployment of Illinois and Texas National Guard troops , which the White House claims is necessary to protect federal immigration personnel and facilities amid its escalated deportation actions.

The legal action, filed in federal court in Chicago, comes as Trump has federalized up to 300 Illinois Guard members over the objections of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has agreed to send troops from his state.

In its 69-page filing, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office asked the federal court to find the federalization and deployment of National Guard troops unconstitutional and to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from deployin

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