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Texas National Guard members arrived at an Illinois Army training center, marking the most visible sign of Trump’s controversial troop deployment plan.

Illinois and Chicago filed federal lawsuits challenging the deployment, with a court hearing scheduled for Thursday over the legal battle.

Local Democratic officials oppose the military intervention, arguing it’s unnecessary given declining violent crime rates in targeted cities.

ELWOOD, Ill. — National Guard members from Texas were at an Army training center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration’s plan to send troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democr

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