CHICAGO (WGN) — Gov. JB Pritzker said his office has received no communication from the federal government, as a Chicago Sun-Times report details plans for the Trump administration to possibly move Department of Homeland Security agents, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement personnel, and National Guard troops to the Chicago area.

"Great reporting on the part of our journalists," Pritzker said. "I want to be clear, we have received no calls from the White House, from the federal government, from anybody who might be in charge of some sort of troop movement."

Other elected Illinois officials took to Federal Plaza in Chicago to echo Pritzker's sentiments and condemn a possible deployment.

"Donald Trump wants to make sure he bullies us and shoves us into submission so we stop resisting

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