00:00This morning, 500 National Guard troops are active in Chicago, deployed for at least 60 days, despite an ongoing lawsuit challenging the move.
00:11Straight Arrow News was there as protesters took to the streets overnight, condemning the deployment.
00:17According to U.S. Northern Command, 300 troops come from the Illinois National Guard and 200 from Texas.
00:23They say the mission is to protect ICE agents, federal personnel, and federal property, not to police local streets.
00:30Today, a federal judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago seeking to block the deployment.
00:38In a post on Truth Social, President Trump called for Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson to be imprisoned for failing to protect ICE officers.
00:48Pritzker fired back, saying he will not back down, accusing Trump of full-blown authoritarianism.
00:54Johnson called the president's comments racist, saying this is not the first time Trump has tried to have a black man unjustly arrested.
01:01Meanwhile, in Portland, an appeals court has lifted an order blocking the deployment of Oregon National Guard troops.
01:08However, a broader ban on out-of-state troops entering Oregon remains in effect, as the court prepares to hear oral arguments today.
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