Caption by Ashmar Mandou

Nearly 500 National Guard members descended onto Chicago earlier this week despite ongoing lawsuit challenges brought up by Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor JB Pritzker. National Guard will remain in the Chicagoland area for a period of 60 days unless it is extended or withdrawn earlier. About 200 members from multiple units in the Texas National Guard and some 300 members from multiple units in the Illinois National Guard have been activated and sent to Chicagoland, the statement said. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has denounced the deployment as an unconstitutional invasion. The deployment has faced significant opposition from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who have called the action unconstitutional. State and city officials filed a lawsuit to block the deployment. On Monday, the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued to block the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.