Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

Hundreds of National Guard troops could be deployed in the Chicago region as soon as Tuesday after a federal judge declined to issue an immediate order blocking President Donald Trump’s moves to activate Guard members over the objections of Illinois Gov.

Trump says he is prepared to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act if courts do not comply with his National Guard deployment orders, as he slammed Democrat lawmakers for running cities rampant with crime.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker talks with Rachel Maddow about his threat to leave the National Governors Association of the group won't speak out against Donald Trump's use of the National Guard against U.

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The request came after law enforcement who were patrolling near the intersection of 39th Place and S. Kedzie Avenue in Chicago shot an unidentified "armed U.S. citizen" Saturday morning who was allegedly on Homeland Security's radar, according to the top spokeswoman at DHS.