Immigration crackdown: Trump calls for governor’s imprisonment…

US President Donald Trump has escalated the battle over immigration by calling for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, accusing them of “failing to protect federal immigration officials.”

Trump made the remarks on his Truth Social platform, stating, “The mayor of Chicago should be in prison for failing to protect ICE officers! Even Governor Pritzker!”

This move is part of the ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and Illinois authorities over immigration enforcement.

The state and city have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to the state, claiming it is illegal, unconstitutional, dangerous and wrong.

However, hundreds of Texas National Guard troops were stationed at an Army Reserve base outside Chicago, despite opposition from Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson.

“This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a black man wrongfully arrested. I’m not going anywhere,” Johnson responded.

Pritzker, for his part, promised not to back down in the face of criticism of Trump’s intervention and the deployment of federal agents in the state.

“Trump now calls for the arrest of the elected representatives who control his power. What else remains on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

However, Trump had ordered ICE to conduct aggressive raids against undocumented migrants in Chicago, which local leaders vowed to resist. Troops were deployed to Los Angeles and Washington DC to carry out the task and stem what the president described as “out of control” crime.

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Governor Pritzker accused Trump of acting out of a desire to punish his political enemies, while Mayor Johnson expressed concern about the deployment’s impact on the city. The same lawsuit was also filed by Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, challenging the deployment, stating, “Not only is it unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents.”

According to the BBC, Trump ordered federal agents to Memphis and Portland, but a judge blocked their deployment to Portland, allowing them to proceed to Chicago for now. The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have filed a lawsuit to stop the deployment, with a hearing set for Thursday.

Trump has warned that he will invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military if courts or local officials hinder his efforts, citing concerns about crime and immigration enforcement.

“If I were to enact it, I would, if people were getting killed and courts were holding us, or governors or mayors were holding us,” Trump said Monday.

Additionally, White House officials, including deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, have criticized the courts’ attempts to block the deployment, with Miller accusing the courts of “an insurrection against the laws and Constitution of the United States.”

Meanwhile, protests in Chicago turned violent over the weekend, with immigration authorities saying they shot a woman who allegedly crashed her car into law enforcement vehicles. The woman’s attorney disputes the government’s account. Today, President Trump will host a roundtable on fighting Antifa, a loose coalition of far-left activists. (Nigerian Tribune/News Express)

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