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Illinois to fight National Guard deployment in court Thursday

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
Leila Fadel
Published October 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM CDT

Hundreds of National Guard troops are in Chicago to protect federal property at President Trump's request. State officials will appear in court Thursday to block it, calling the deployment "illegal."

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