President Trump argues the National Guard is needed in Chicago — a city that had its fewest summer murders in 60 years — because it is overrun with crime.

But the conditions to legally justify troop deployments in Chicago simply don't exist, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul told Morning Edition . The state filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration in which it argues that the Illinois National Guard can only be federalized if there is a foreign invasion, rebellion or if the federal government is unable to enforce federal laws.

The only "agitation" and "chaos" in and around Chicago, Raoul said, is from "[Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and Border Patrol firing pepper gas at civilians, journalists," and "even Chicago police officers."

For weeks, the Trump admi

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