Trump to Deploy 300 National Guard Members in Illinois
This comes as federal officers were rammed and fired upon near Chicago, amid protests against immigration enforcement.
Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2025. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to protect federal assets amid “violent riots and lawlessness,” according to a White House spokesperson.
Spokeswoman Abigail Jackson confirmed the deployment in a statement to The Epoch Times.
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