Lawyers for the Trump administration argued in a filing late Wednesday that escalating violence against immigration officials during the ongoing “Operation Midway Blitz” enforcement actions justify the deployment of National Guard troops to protect against “a danger of a rebellion against federal authority” that impedes “the ability of federal officials to enforce federal law.”

The Trump administration’s response to the state’s legal push for an emergency restraining order against the deployment sets up a landmark day in federal court. U.S. District Judge April Perry was scheduled to hear arguments in the case beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, where an overflow courtroom has been set up to accommodate the expected crush of national media.

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