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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
New York, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Illinois Governor J. Robert Pritzker said Saturday that President Donald Trump will send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago despite his repeated refusal to place his state's National Guard under federal control.
J.R. Pritzker reported on social media that the Trump administration had given him an ultimatum: "Call in your military, or we will."
"The Trump administration intends to transfer 300 Illinois National Guard troops to federal control in the coming hours," the governor said.
“Amid ongoing violent unrest and lawlessness that local leaders like Pritzker refuse to address, President Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to protect federal employees and property,” White House deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson said in a statement Saturday.
J.R. Pritzker's comments about placing National Guard troops under federal control come amid ongoing clashes between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and protesters in the Chicago area.
On Saturday morning, law enforcement officers patrolling Chicago shot and killed an unidentified "armed U.S. citizen" who was reportedly in the line of sight of the National Security Agency.
Protests erupted in the city on Saturday, and armed Border Patrol officers used chemical irritants against protesters.
Over the past month, Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to several cities, particularly those run by Democrats, to fight crime and support immigration officials.
In August, he already sent the National Guard to Washington. –0–
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