National Guard to Los Angeles, Portland, and now Chicago

NPR reports that National Guard troops have been stationed outside of Chicago. The deployment is a response to recent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the city. The president has claimed that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are not protecting ICE officers. Mayor Johnson says he will fight the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard. NPR’s Sergio Martinez-Beltran sat down with the Mayor, who said that he is also pushing back on the president’s claim that the city is dangerous. This summer, Chicago saw the lowest number of homicides since the 1960s. Around one in five Chicago residents is foreign-born. Those residents say they feel unsafe. 

In addition, the conditions to legally justify troop deployments in Chicago don't exist, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul told NPR. The state filed a lawsuit challenging the deployment. Here’s what Raoul had to say on the matter.