CHICAGO (WGN) — President Donald Trump is renewing his threat to deploy federal troops to Chicago amid immigration agents ramping up their efforts across the city.

It's the latest chapter in an ongoing war of words - and insults - between Trump and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, amid a noticeable uptick in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Chicago.

"Chicago is a death trap," said Trump, signaling that he intended to send the National Guard to the Windy City to fight crime. The president is now stressing he'll act without a request from Pritzker.

"Now we're going to Memphis, where it’s pretty rough, to put it mildly. A friend of mine who is a big railroader, he stops in all the cities, he knows every city, he said, 'Sir, you have to save Chicago. So I'm going to go to Chi

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