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the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are suing the Trump administration.
They're trying to stop the deployment of National Guard troops from Illinois and from Texas to Chicago.
President Trump says it's needed to fight crime he's suggested.
he could invoke the Insurrection Act.
Well, I'd do it if it was necessary.
So far, it hasn't been necessary, but we have an Insurrection Act for a reason.
If I had to enact it, I'd do that.
If people were being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up,
sure, I'd do that.
I mean, I want to make sure that people aren't killed.
We have to make sure that our cities are safe.
But Trump has been blocked by a federal judge in Oregon from deploying any National Guard troops to Oregon.
and Oregon Governor Tina Cotech says there is no national emergency in her state to address.
Utah lawmakers have picked a new congressional map as ordered by a federal judge.