President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago , which has seen hundreds arrested in the nation’s third-largest city in the last month, reached a boiling point over the weekend. Agents conducted a military-style overnight raid last week in South Shore that drew widespread condemnation, while Border Patrol agents shot a motorist on Saturday. Now, the administration is attempting to deploy National Guard troops from Texas into the city. Governor J.B. Pritzker, other elected officials, and immigration-rights advocates have pushed back against the administration’s violent tactics, promising to use every tool at their disposal to protect residents. Below, what we know so far about the escalating situation in Illinois.

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