Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who has welcomed the Guard, has said previously that he would not expect more than 150 Guard members to be sent to the city.
Trump said online that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago's mayor, both Democrats, “should be in jail” for failing to protect federal agents during immigration crackdowns.
Trump fulfilled his threats to send troops to the state this week. The role of Texas National Guard members at a U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood has not yet been publicly disclosed and extra fencing and tarps have gone up to block the view of the site.
The president, contrary to statistics, has repeatedly claimed big cities run by Democrats are overwhelmed with crime. An immigration enforcement building outside Chicago has also been the site of clashes between federal agents and protesters.
The government hasn't communicated with state officials about troop movements, Pritzker said.
“I can’t believe I have to say 'troop movements’ in an American city, but that is what we’re talking about here," Pritzker said.
A court hearing is set for Thursday on a request by Illinois and Chicago to declare the Guard deployment illegal. Elsewhere, an appeals court has scheduled a hearing the same day over the government’s desire to send the Guard to Portland, Oregon. A judge blocked that effort over the weekend.
The nearly 150-year-old Posse Comitatus Act limits the military’s role in enforcing domestic laws. However, Trump has said he would be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows a president to dispatch active duty military in states that are unable to put down an insurrection or are defying federal law.
“This is about authoritarianism. It’s about stoking fear," Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said. "It’s about breaking the Constitution that would give him that much more control over our American cities.”
In response to Trump's wish to jail him, Pritzker in downtown Chicago extended his arms and told MSNBC: “If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”
Later Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis signaled that she planned to restrict federal agents from using certain crowd control tactics, such as tear gas, against peaceful protesters and journalists who have regularly gathered at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. In June, police declared a riot, and there have been smaller clashes since then.
In Portland, federal officials had requested that the city set up “free speech zones” for demonstrators and ensure agents’ access to the building with a perimeter, which was in place for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit on Tuesday.
Mayor Keith Wilson told the Department of Homeland Security that the city “commits to peacefully facilitating free speech” and that police will “continue to evaluate the situation on the ground.”
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Associated Press reporters Laura Bargfeld in Elwood, Illinois, Ed White in Detroit, Jonathan Mattise in Nashville, Tennessee, and Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon, contributed to this story.