Chicago has become the epicenter of President Donald Trump's war on Democratic cities.
Over the last week, tensions have escalated dramatically.
The Trump administration has ramped up its immigration enforcement in Illinois,
and Chicago in particular.
Immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, have taken a more aggressive approach in the city.
They've initiated raids and arrested hundreds of people.
Those actions have inspired heated protests from local residents.
Then on Saturday, a woman was shot by an ICE agent after an alleged confrontation with officers.
President Trump used the incident to justify sending the National Guard to Chicago.
If you look at Chicago, Chicago is a great city where there's a lot of crime.
And if the governor can't do the job, we'll do the job.
It's all very simple.
Well, as of Tuesday,
at least 500 National Guard members have been federalized and activated into Illinois.
And as of Wednesday, they are here mostly in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Kim Belware is a national reporter for The Post based in Chicago,
where she has been watching all of this unfold.
And this is all coming at the same time that President Trump has continued to pump out really heated rhetoric about the city and many would say inaccurate rhetoric about the cities.
crime problem.
Now that federal troops are on the ground in Chicago,