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Pritzker: Trump threat to send troops to Chicago ‘an insult’
Senator Dick Durbin urges a Judiciary Committee hearing on the legal and civil liberty issues raised by President Trump's plans to deploy military forces for law enforcement in U.S. cities.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker criticized President Trump's threat to send troops to Chicago, calling it an insult during his recent press conference.
- Trump proposed sending federal forces to cities like Chicago to address crime, urging Pritzker to request troops, though the governor refused and expressed opposition to the deployment.
- Pritzker emphasized wanting more support from civilian law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, ATF, and DEA, and highlighted the ongoing local efforts to interdict drugs and guns entering Illinois.
- A federal judge ruled that Trump's prior use of National Guard troops for law enforcement in Los Angeles was illegal, and legal experts predict court challenges if troops are sent without governors' consent.
- The dispute suggests potential litigation reaching the Supreme Court and raises concerns about federal overreach into state-controlled policing and civil liberties.
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How Trump could try to deploy troops over states objections, according to law expert
President Trump may have conceded it is easier to send troops into states where governors have asked for them, but Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck argues Trump could try to get around that.
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