Illinois, Chicago Sue Trump Admin to Halt National Guard Deployment to Chicago

The state of Illinois and city of Chicago filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Oct. 6 in a bid to stop the federal government from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago.
The state and city are arguing in the new legal complaint filed in federal district court in Illinois that the federal government has no legal authority to intervene in the state’s law enforcement efforts.
“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” the lawsuit states….