Trump deploys National Guard troops to Chicago sparking fierce rebuke from Illinois Governor

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50% : Hours later President Trump officially authorised 300 National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson confirmed.
46% : Trump has already sent the National Guard to police Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and has said he would send troops to several other cities.
44% : No law enforcement officers were seriously injured in the incident in which a group that included the woman rammed cars into vehicles used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a DHS spokesperson said in a statement.
40% : Read more " Trump Authorizes National Guard Deployment to Chicago Amidst ProtestsPresident Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago to protect federal officers and assets, citing 'ongoing violent riots and lawlessness.'
33% : Immergut, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, blocked the Republican president from sending troops at least until October 18, saying there was no evidence that recent protests rose to the level of a rebellion or seriously interfered with law enforcement.
27% : Tear gas filled the air on Saturday after community members and activists confronted federal law enforcement for reportedly shooting a woman in the Brighton Park neighborhood on Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat said on Saturday he was given an ultimatum by President Donald Trump to deploy the states National Guard, despite his repeated rejections for federal intervention.
25% : While Trump described the city as"War ravaged," lawyers from the Oregon attorney general's office have said that protests in Portland were"small and sedate," resulting in only 25 arrests in mid-June and no arrests in the 3-1/2 months since June 19.
24% : Illinois' Democratic Governor JB Pritzker said on Saturday he was given an ultimatum by President Donald Trump to deploy the state's National Guard, despite him having repeatedly rejected federal intervention.
20% : The ruling by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut in Portland is a major setback for Trump as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities he describes as lawless over the objections of their primarily Democratic leaders.

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