Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee has joined a coalition of more than 100 local government leaders nationwide in filing an amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s federalization and deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago and surrounding areas.

Christian Menefee

The amicus brief, filed in State of Illinois v. Trump before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, supports Illinois’s challenge to the federal government’s order to deploy hundreds of Texas National Guard members to Chicago over the objections of state and local officials.

The coalition contends that the administration failed to meet statutory requirements for federalizing the National Guard and relied on vague justifications—including references to small, peaceful protests—as

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