CHICAGO -- The Trump administration on Monday night is imploring the Supreme Court to show "extraordinary deference" to the president as commander-in-chief and affirm the lawfulness of his National Guard deployment to Illinois, arguing federal agents conducting immigration enforcement are unable to do the work on their own.

A letter from Solicitor General John Sauer to the justices addresses their request that both parties in the case explain the meaning of a key part of federal law governing when a president can send in troops.

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Section 12406 of the federal code says a president may call up the National Guard when he is "unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States."

The Court said it was interested in

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