Authorities in Illinois have taken legal action to stop the Trump administration from sending National Guard troops onto the streets of Chicago.

Both the Democratic-led state and the city of Chicago filed the lawsuits on Monday, just hours after a federal judge blocked troop deployment in Portland, Oregon , on Sunday.

JB Pritzker, Democratic Governor of Illinois, said about 300 of the state National Guard were due to be sent to the nation’s third-largest city, along with 400 from Texas. New Feature

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The National Guard are state-based forces which answer to the governor, except when called into federal service.

Pritzker described the potential deployment as “Trump’s invasion” and called on Texas Gover

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