It’s unclear what type of troops would be deployed or when. But Pritzker likened the memo to one sent by the Defense Department to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Sunday, which called 200 members of the Oregon National Guard into federal service for a 60-day deployment, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
“What I have been warning of is now being realized,” Pritzker said. “One thing is clear: None of what [President] Trump is doing is making Illinois safer.”
The governor’s office is preparing for the possibility of an imminent arrival of troops.
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Pritzker urged Chicagoans to record any interactions with ICE agents on their phones, and “narrate what you see, put it on social media.
“With one voice, we are telling this unwarranted and unconstitutional occupation by ICE and potentially by military troops to get out of Chicago,” Pritzker said. “You are not helping us.”
Pritzker called the need to protect ICE facilities a “pretext, again, for bringing troops into the city, for normalizing the militarization of our cities. And we just won’t allow that.”
Chicago Sun Times
OK. What are we going to do to stop it, JB?
Pritzker said a memo was not enough to spark a legal challenge, “but I know that there are actions in waiting and a lawsuit potentially,” the governor said.
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