Despite pushback from Illinois’ governor, Texas National Guard troops are mobilizing in the Chicago region, sources said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly pledged to send the Guard to Illinois amid daily protests against a surge in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Chicago region and clashes between both sides.

The government is federalizing 300 Illinois and 400 Texas National Guard troops. The state and Chicago responded with a lawsuit Monday seeking to block their deployment.

The lawsuit argues the federal government is inciting violence and deploying the military to Democrat-led states as political retribution.

“There is no insurrection here,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “Donald Trump is using our service members as political props and pawns in

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