After weeks of threatening to do so , President Donald Trump is set to deploy hundreds of Illinois and Texas National Guardsmen in Chicago. The deployment goes against vehement objections from Gov. JB Pritzker, who labelezed the move an "invasion of Illinois by the federal government."

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit on Oct. 6 asking U.S. District Judge April M. Perry to stop the deployment, but the judge decided to allow it.

Why is the National Guard deploying in Chicago?

The president has been saying since August that Chicago would be next in line after he deployed 800 National Guard troops in Washington, DC, on Aug. 11, declaring a public safety emergency.

"Chicago’s a mess," said Trump during a meeting at the Oval Office with FIFA President Gianni I

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