By ADRIAN SAINZ and SOPHIA TAREEN, The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday, and President Donald Trump called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland , Oregon, a move strongly opposed by the governor that immediately prompted a lawsuit saying Trump overstepped his authority.
The latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement and military presence in U.S. cities occurred as Memphis prepares for the arrival of additional federal authorities, including immigration and drug enforcement agents , that Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he expects will happen this week.
In Chicago on Sunday, dozens of armed federal agents, in full tactical gear, walked the streets of some of the city’