CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson filed a lawsuit Monday to block the Trump administration from deploying hundreds of National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas in Chicago and surrounding cities.

The legal challenge is the latest clash between Democratic-led states and the Trump administration over President Donald Trump's so-called "federalization" of law enforcement, with governors in California, Oregon and others pursuing similar lawsuits.

State and city leaders are seeking both an emergency restraining order to immediately head off Trump's attempts to deploy the National Guard troops in the state, and longer-term injunctive relief. They claim President Donald Trump plans "to use American soldiers to punish his political enemies."

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