Illinois Democrats slam Trump’s ‘illegal’ plans to send national guard to Chicago | Chicago
The democratic leaders in Illinois and the Congress condemned Donald Trump’s plans to send national guard troops to Chicago and condemned that they said an unprecedented abuse of the presidential power.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will organize a news conference on Monday to officially oppose any federal unity in the city with Kwame Raoul.
Pentagon sources confirmed that the planning for the operation is actively continuing, although the final decision was not announced. Pentagon officials Told to Fox News During the weekend, the national guard personnel until the weekend were preparing to take action in 19 Republican states from the middle of August-November to the mid-November to support immigration practice operations.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said that the target of Chicago was the “the ugliest violation of our constitution in the 21st century ve and that the troops promised the court wars. Johnson also said that his office did not receive direct communication from the White House regarding the notified plans.
The distribution would indicate the expansion of Trump’s local military operations of the armed national guard troops who patrolled Washington DC and Los Angeles, which faced the ongoing federal occupation despite legal challenges.
The Assembly minority leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Trump of producing a crisis to justify the unprecedented movement and responded to the reports of the planning of the administration. Speaking about CNN’s unity status, New York Democrat said that the president’s local military deployments were “playing games with the lives of Americans”.
“Donald Trump has no power to try to drop the federal troops to Chicago,” Jeffries said.
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth hit the proposal as a dangerous distraction designed to önteen intimidating Americans in their own communities, and as a kind of red cringi fish to mislead Trump’s non -popular policies.
Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member of Illinois Congress, described plans as an ilk an illegal initiative to militize Chicago ilk to militarize Chicago, instead of addressing real public security concerns.
While the presidents can federalize the national guard units, their powers on cities beyond the Washington DC are limited without the consent of the governor, and their operations are for the protection of federal buildings and personnel. Meanwhile, California’s court struggle against Trump’s La distribution is still not solved.
As for Pritzker’s place, Trump accused Trump of his arik to produce a crisis, to politicize uniform service Americans, and to abuse the power of pain caused by working families.
The Pentagon spokesman does not confirm whether the national guard deployment to Guardian will take place in Chicago.
“We will not speculate about more operations,” a defense official said. “The department is a planning organization and works constantly with other agency partners on federal assets and personnel protection plans.”
Despite the opposition, some conservative sounds in Chicago expressed support for additional law enforcement forces. Chicago Flips Group Red argued that if the local authorities could not control the crime, the federal intervention would be necessary.
