A federal judge in Chicago will hear arguments Thursday over whether to block the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops into Illinois against the will of Gov. JB Pritzker.

Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration Monday over the deployment, and their attorneys tried to convince U.S. District Judge April Perry to block it immediately. Instead, Perry called for briefs and set the stage for Thursday’s hearing.

Perry also cautioned the Trump administration to “strongly consider taking a pause on this until Thursday, so that we are not in a position where we are doing a full-fledged hearing with whatever has happened.”

Texas National Guard troops were then spotted Tuesday at a southwest suburban military training site. About 200 federalized National Guard troop

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