Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 8-Illinois and Chicago, the largest city in the state, jointly sued the federal government on the 6th, accusing the federal government of forcibly dispatching the National Guard of being "illegal, dangerous and unconstitutional". A federal judge asked the federal government to respond within two days, but did not immediately block the sending of troops.

Earlier, a federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked the federal government from sending National Guard troops to Portland, the state's largest city. U.S. President Trump claimed on the 6th that he would invoke the Counter-Insubordination Act if necessary to circumvent court restrictions.

Governor alleges'intrusion '

Based on multiple media reports, the Illinois government and the Chicago city government sued the Trump administration on the 6th, trying to prevent the federal government from deploying the National Guard to Chicago. Illinois Governor and Democrat Jay Robert Pritzker pointed out that the federal government's forced dispatch of the National Guard was an "invasion." Trump used soldiers as political props and tried to "militarize" many places across the United States such as Chicago.

Illinois accuses the Trump administration of deploying the National Guard without the consent of the governor in violation of the Local Guard Act and the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Republican President Donald Trump initially criticized Chicago in September, saying he would deploy the National Guard in the ¡°worst and most dangerous¡± city to combat crime. Federal law enforcement has had recent tensions with the government of Illinois and the public. Demonstrators frequently gathered outside an immigration and customs enforcement facility near Chicago, where federal law enforcement officers arrested 13 people this month. On the morning of September 30, federal law enforcement raided an apartment building in an African settlement in Chicago, waking up residents from home to house, regardless of men and women, first tied their wrists and screening, a total of 37 were arrested.

The White House announced on October 4 that Trump had authorized the dispatch of 300 Illinois National Guard members to "protect" federal officials and assets in Chicago. In addition, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott took the initiative to send 400 National Guard members to the federal government.

In addition, the Illinois branch of the U.S. Civil Rights Union also appealed to Trump, the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration and customs enforcement agencies, border patrols and several officials of federal and local agencies, accusing their peaceful protesters and journalists of "violent law enforcement", including the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper bullets, etc., violating the rights granted to citizens by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Federal District Judge April Perry has accepted the lawsuit, but has not restricted the federal government from continuing to send troops to Chicago.

According to Reuters, the lawsuit surrounding the federal government's deployment of the National Guard to Chicago is the fourth such lawsuit in the United States. The court has not yet made a final decision on such lawsuits, but federal judges in California and Oregon have initially ruled that Trump may be "overstepping his authority."

President seeks to "expand power"

Oregon Federal District Judge Karin Immergert announced a temporary restraining order on the 5th, requiring other states in the United States and the Washington District of Colombia not to send National Guard troops to Oregon. The day before, Immergert blocked the federal government from transferring Oregon's National Guard to Portland.

White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt has criticized Immerget's decision, stressing that the president has the right to do so. Trump said on Friday that it is not ruled out to send a National Guard to several cities where the rebellion law is cited to dominate the Democrats.

Trump told reporters in the White House Oval Office on Friday that the country had a reason to introduce the ¡°Counter-Rebellion Act¡± and that he would use Twitter if someone was killed and the courts stopped us, or the governor and mayor stopped us, and I would of course do so.¡±

The Rebellion Act is only used in extreme situations such as riots.The latest U.S. citation of the law was during the 1992 administration of George Herbert Walker Bush (former Bush), when the then Governor of California requested military assistance from the federal government to calm the riots caused by Los Angeles policemen beating African driver trials.

According to Reuters, Trump has publicly claimed that considering the use of the Anti-Rebellion Act is an attempt to bypass the court's restrictions on sending the National Guard. Since Trump returned to the White House in January this year, he has sent the National Guard to several cities dominated by the Democrats such as the capital, Washington, Los Angeles, to combat crime.

However, in fact, many cities are not as rampant as crimes as "war zones" as Trump said. Take Portland as an example. The data shows that the number of murders in Portland from January to June this year decreased significantly to 17 year-on-year, a decrease of 51%.

According to the latest opinion poll by CBS News, 61% of the respondents oppose the federal government's deployment of the National Guard to many cities in the United States. (Bao Xuelin)