Illinois Gov.JB Pritzker said Saturday that despite his repeated rejections for federal mobilization to Chicago, President Donald Trump will send in 300 National Guardsman as tensions between local leaders and the federal government heat up.Pritzker said on social media posts that the Trump administration gave him an ultimatum: "call up your troops, or we will.""In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard," the governor said.A federal law enforcement agents confronts demonstrators from the turret of an armored vehicle during a protest outside an immigrant processing and detention center on Oct.
3, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois.Scott Olson/Getty ImagesDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the order during an interview with conservative host Benny Johnson Friday.Video Protesters clash with federal agents in Chicago as ICE raids continue"I sent a request to [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseth.Will be rolling in in the next 24 hours.
I put a request in for them to Chicago," Noem said adding that she also put in a request for Portland, Oregon.The request came after law enforcement who were patrolling near the intersection of 39th Place and S.Kedzie Avenue in Chicago shot an unidentified "armed U.S.
citizen" Saturday morning who was allegedly on Homeland Security's radar, according to the top spokeswoman at DHS.USBP Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro sector, Greg Bovino, stands on a street corner with federal agents after patrolling several tourist districts in the downtown area of Chicago, Sept.28, 2025.Jim Vondruska/ReutersTricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, said in an X post that law enforcement were allegedly "rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars," which sparked a fight."Agents were unable to move their vehicles and exited the car.
One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon.Law en...