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(REUTERS/CNN)
The state of Illinois filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block US President Donald Trump from deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to the city of Chicago.
Those developments came against the backdrop of continuing protests in Chicago and Portland against federal law enforcement carrying out President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement agenda.
Trump and his administration have framed demonstrations in the two cities as “violent protests” carried out by “domestic terrorists,” arguing that military deployments are necessary to protect federal immigration personnel and property — despite state and city leaders’ insistence that the protests have been largely peaceful and any violence has been easily dealt with by local law enforcement.
Tensions spiked in Chicago on Saturday when a US Customs and Border Protection agent stepped out of his vehicle and shot five times at a woman in another vehicle, according to a charging complaint. The woman — a US citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — had rammed her car into a federal law enforcement vehicle, the complaint claims. The DHS said the woman is in FBI custody after being discharged from the hospital, and she and another person are now facing federal criminal charges in connection with the incident.
