The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a lawsuit on Monday morning that sought to block the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of President Donald Trump.
“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States Army, particularly not simply because their leadership of the city or the State has fallen from the favor of a president,” the complaint said.
The fundamental principle that separates the military from domestic affairs is “in danger”, since President Trump seeks to deploy the National Guard in cities from all over the country, the lawyers of Illinois and Chicago wrote in a lawsuit.
The lawyers of the plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to issue an order that blocks the National Guard of any state of being federalized and deployed in Illinois, arguing that the State is being attacked because its “leadership has fallen from the favor of a president.”
“There is no insurrection in Illinois. There is no rebellion in Illinois. The federal government can enforce federal law in Illinois. The manufactured nature of the crisis is clear, “according to the 69 -page complaint.
Illinois and Chicago lawyers argue that Trump has not justified to assume the National Guard based on Federal Law, which allows federalization in response to a rebellion or invasion, and violates the POSSE Committus Law that prohibits the use of the military in the application of the National Law.
Protesters face the police during a protest outside a processing and immigrant processing center, on October 3, 2025 on Broadview, Illinois.
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“The illegal deployment of the defendants of the Illinois National Guard, about the objection of the State, is similar to the illegal behavior that they have taken against other disadvantaged states and cities,” said the complaint.
The lawsuit cites the publications of Trump’s social networks about the shipment of the militarized police to Chicago, including a publication in which he said: “I love deportations smell in the morning”, and their recent comments on the use of cities led by Democrat “as a training terrain for our military.”
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