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You're neither wanted here nor needed here.

Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.

We reject any attempts that put Chicagoans in danger as a means of furthering the president’s political ends.

This plan seems to be a rerun of their tactics in Los Angeles, where ICE agents were used as a pretext to justify further escalation by federal agents and National Guard troops.

They're just looking to invade the city of Chicago, not coordinate with law enforcement.

Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here, nor needed here.

To my fellow governors across the nation who would consider pulling your National Guards from their duties at home to come into my state against the wishes of its elected representatives and its people, you would be failing your…

If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me, not time or political circumstance, from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.

This is not about fighting crime. This is about Donald Trump searching for any justification to deploy the military in a blue city.

We are watching, and we are taking names.

If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is — a dangerous power grab.

Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city, punish his dissidents and score political points.

The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority. There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the @IL_Natl_Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty…

Deeply disturbing, un-American, and have no place in any of our cities.

Another step toward authoritarianism.

There is no emergency that warrants the president of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard.

Would be the most flagrant violation of our Constitution in the 21st century.