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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christine Fernando and Sudhin Thanawala

Illinois urges judge to stop National Guard deployment after Trump administration 'plowed ahead'

The state of Illinois urged a judge Thursday to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area, calling the deployment a constitutional crisis and suggesting the Trump administration gave no heed to the pending legal challenge when it sent troops overnight to an immigration enforcement building.

The government “plowed ahead anyway,” attorney Christopher Wells said. “Now, troops are here.”

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