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Illinois urged a federal judge to order National Guard troops to stand down after 500 soldiers deployed overnight to a Chicago-area immigration facility.

The state called it a constitutional crisis, saying the Trump administration “plowed ahead anyway” despite the pending legal challenge from Illinois and Chicago.

Federal officials argue the deployment protects agents from “tragic lawlessness,” though city data shows homicides down 28% and shootings down 35% this year.

Illinois urged a judge Thursday to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area, calling the deployment a constitutional crisis and suggesting the Trump administration gave no heed to the pending legal

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