CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is scheduled to hold a news conference Monday afternoon, hour after the state on Illinois and Chicago sued to Chicago sued to block President Trump’s deployment of National Guard members to the city.

On Saturday, Trump moved to deploy the National Guard by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president authorized using the Illinois National Guard members, citing what she called “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness” that local leaders have not quelled.

The lawsuit alleges that “these advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous.”

“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live

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