Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

<p>Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/07/donald-trump-national-guard-pam-bondi-mark-carney-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Texas national guard troops have arrived in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/chicago">Chicago</a> area, marking an escalation of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s</a> crackdown on the city.</p><p>Chicago has already seen a ramping up of immigration enforcement in the past few weeks, as well as increasingly violent altercations in the suburb of Broadview, where law enforcement has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/ice-chicago-extreme-force-protesters-journalists">been filmed</a> deploying tear gas and pepper gas against protestors.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/texas-national-guard-troops-chicago-trump">Continue reading...</a>