CHICAGO (AP) — The governor of Illinois said Wednesday he's still in the dark about where the Trump administration will send National Guard troops who have reported to an Army training site southwest of Chicago where extra fencing and tarps have gone up to block the public's view.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, sent barbs from Washington, saying on social media that Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago's mayor, both Democrats, “should be in jail” for failing to protect federal agents during immigration enforcement crackdowns.
Trump's threats to send troops to Illinois were fulfilled with the arrival this week of Texas National Guard members at a U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood. Their exact role has not yet been publicly disclosed, though the president, contrary to statistics, has repeated