Illinois Governor JB Pritzker met with community violence intervention leaders preparing for the influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents the city of Chicago is expecting, advising residents about their rights and organizing protests with fresh urgency.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that he is prepared to deploy federal authorities to combat crime in Chicago, despite strong opposition from elected officials and many residents.

Details about the operation are scant, but President Donald Trump has amped up the rhetoric about crime in the nation’s third-largest city, saying an immigration crackdown and National Guard deployment are planned despite the objections of local leaders and a federal court ruling that a similar deployment in Los Angeles was illegal.

The administration deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles over the summer and as part of his unprecedented law enforcement takeover in Washington, D.C., where he has direct legal control. His administration plans to appeal the California deployment ruling.

Trump has often singled out Chicago and other Democrat-led cities. Recently, his administration started playing up the city’s daily crime log, including using shootings over Labor Day weekend as justification for sending in troops.

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