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Illinois and Chicago are suing the Trump administration to block the deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago. Trump officials ordered the activation of 300 Illinois National Guardsmen over Gov. JB Pritzker’s objections over the weekend.

A federal judge on Monday declined to issue a temporary restraining order, noting she didn’t have time to go through hundreds of pages of legal filings.

The judge scheduled the next hearing for Thursday after airing concerns about the Justice Department’s lack of answers to her questions.

JB Pritzker has repeatedly referred to Trump’s plan to send troops to Chicago as an “invasion.”

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A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately block the Trump adm

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