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In a video, Jackson Jr. says he chose the date to honor “a man who inspired my life to public service. A man who blessed me with his name.”
Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.
The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.
Jackson Jr., 60, plans to announce his run for the open 2nd Congressional District seat this week, according to his spokesman.
Democrats on the Committee on Homeland Security and the House Committee on the Judiciary joined Illinois Democrats Reps. Delia Ramirez and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Monday in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that demanded answers about the raid they called a “violent, heavy-handed immigration enforcement operation.”
Los funcionarios del Pentágono confirmaron que 300 tropas de Illinois y otras 400 de Texas están siendo movilizadas para ir a Chicago, Portland y otros lugares. Las tropas estarán estacionadas “en lugares donde hay manifestaciones violentas en el estado, o donde es probable que ocurran según las evaluaciones de amenazas actuales”, dice un memorando del Pentágono.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday accused President Donald Trump of “holding bipartisan funding hostage” and hurting hardworking people.
A federal judge said Monday she wouldn’t hear arguments over Illinois’ bid to block the deployment until Thursday, even after a Trump administration lawyer confirmed that Texas troops are on their way.
Officials confirmed 300 troops from Illinois and another 400 troops from Texas are being mobilized to go to Chicago, Portland and other locations. The troops will be stationed “in places where there are violent demonstrations in the state, or where they’re likely to occur based on current threat assessments,” a Pentagon memo says.
There are more than 153,000 federal employees in Illinois. Federal workers already experienced massive upheaval after federal cuts earlier this year. With the government shut down, now they could be fired.