This week, Texas National Guard troops arrived in Chicago.

The deployment was the latest turn in the Trump administration’s efforts to more aggressively marshal boots on the ground to abet its mass deportation efforts in some American cities.

The situation on the ground in Chicago before the arrival of the National Guard was already tense. The mission, which President Trump has named “Operation Midway Blitz,” had US Customs and Border Protection officials hanging around high-visibility areas of Chicago and suburban neighborhoods, conducting at least one military style raid on an apartment building.

Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been vocal in his opposition to President Donald Trump’s moves. In response, the president called for the governor and the mayor of Chicago to be

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