A majority of Chicago residents don’t believe deploying the National Guard is a solution to crime in the city, according to findings from a recent survey.

According to a ChicagoSpeaks poll conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, 56% of Chicagoans believe that using the U.S. military and National Guard to assist local police is unacceptable, while 66% of Chicagoans surveyed oppose the military and National Guard being used to help in deportations.

The poll’s findings come at a time when U.S. District Judge April Perry on Oct. 9 barred the federalization and deployment of the National Guard in Illinois for at least 14 days. President Donald Trump had previously authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops on Oct. 4, who were later joined by 200 troops from Texas

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