A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked United States President Donald Trump’s deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois.

Chicago has become the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s crackdown to deport millions of immigrants, which has prompted allegations of rights abuses and myriad lawsuits.

US District Judge April Perry on Thursday said that permitting Guard troops in the state would only “add fuel to the fire”. The decision on comes five days after another US judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Oregon.

The judge said her full, written order will be made available on Friday.

The lawsuit was filed Monday by Chicago, the third-largest city in the US, and the state of Illinois to stop the deployments of Illinois and Texas Guard me

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