It is striking fear in the hearts of everybody in Chicago, and we have residents — this isn't just about undocumented people.

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

There is a process that the National Guard goes through before they're actually released into the streets of Chicago or anywhere.

It's not what they're trained to do.

The Trump administration is following a playbook: cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.

Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act so that he can send military troops to our city.

The Trump administration’s illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm.

I call on [Texas] Governor [Greg] Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate.

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion.

Trump’s invasion

every American to speak up to help stop this madness.

It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations and increasing the mistrust of police.

They are the ones that are making it a war zone.

We will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residents’ constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard our local authority.

Peaceful protesters have been hit with tear gas and shot with rubber bullets; journalists simply reporting the facts on the ground have been targeted and arrested; U.S. citizens, including children, have been traumatized and detained.

The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.

ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being White. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now ICE is making it commonplace.