(NewsNation) — Illinois gov. JB Pritzker has vowed to contest the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago in federal court if Trump sends military to the city.

“We’re going to immediately go to court, if National Guard or other military troops are sent to, deployed to the city of Chicago, immediately go to court,” Pritzker said Thursday.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul confirmed to NewsNation that the state would "likely" contest the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago in court, arguing that it would "more than likely be unlawful" and unconstitutional for Trump to do so.

Raoul referenced the militia clause in the Constitution, which "gives Congress the power to determine how the National Guard is federalized," he said, not the president.

Trump cited Title 10 of the

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