Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks, report says
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Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday state officials have not sent nor gotten any requests from the federal government about offering assistance amid reports the Pentagon is planning a military deployment to Chicago that could send a few thousand National Guard troops as soon as September as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime.
It follows Trump’s comments Friday about considering federal intervention in Chicago similar to the nearly 2,000 National Guard troops he deployed recently in Washington, D.C., to address what his administration has described as a surge in violent crime despite D.C. officials reporting a decline in crime.
“There is no emergency that warrants the president of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states or sending active-duty military within our own borders,” Pritzker said. “Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he is causing working families.”
Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/23/pentagon-military-deployment-chicago-report-pritzker
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