{"id":2227,"date":"2025-10-04T21:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2025-10-04T21:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T21:42:46","slug":"trump-plans-to-deploy-national-guard-troops-in-illinois-says-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"Trump plans to deploy national guard troops in Illinois, says governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=9a594cd3-263c-4234-a3ef-0b45c86049ea&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>The Trump administration plans to deploy hundreds of US military personnel to Illinois over the objections of local officials, JB Pritzker, the state\u2019s Democratic governor, said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has in recent months sent US national guard troops into Democratic-led cities and threatened to send them to others, including Chicago in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker said that the defence department, which Trump has renamed the Department of War, will deploy 300 Illinois national guard troops in the state after sending the governor \u201can ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will,\u201d Pritzker said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has accused Democratic leaders in some of the largest US cities of allowing crime to rise. He has framed his deployments of national guard troops on to the streets in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Portland, Oregon, all heavily Democratic cities, as an effort to protect Americans from illegal immigrants and violent leftists.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic mayors and governors accuse Trump of trying to intimidate political rivals. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control,\u201d Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to requests for comment. A Pentagon spokesperson said the department did not have information to provide. Trump\u2019s Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, posted to social media a video of himself at a Navy-Air Force football game.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Oregon and city of Portland have filed a lawsuit against the administration\u2019s deployment of 200 troops in the city. Trump earlier this week called the city a \u201cnever-ending disaster\u201d and said he had \u201cno choice\u201d but to send troops.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has in recent months also deployed thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents into American cities in a bid to round up and deport foreigners residing in the US without visas, a population that he and the Republican party have characterised as invaders that threaten American national security. <\/p>\n<p>The ICE raids, often carried out by masked agents at apartment buildings, schools and businesses, have swept up US citizens, legal residents and visa holders as well. Democratic leaders say the campaign has targeted blue states and cities in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker in his statement said the administration\u2019s demand comes the day after immigration officers \u201cthrew chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Walmart. None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not call up our National Guard to further Trump\u2019s acts of aggression against our people,\u201d Pritzker said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Trump #plans #deploy #national #guard #troops #Illinois #governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Trump administration plans to deploy hundreds of US military personnel to Illinois over the objections of local officials, JB Pritzker, the state\u2019s Democratic governor, said on Saturday. 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