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two members of Illinois National Guard Say they will refuse to carry out orders trump administrationThe long-term goal of sending federal troops to Chicago.
“It’s frustrating to be forced to turn against members of your community and your neighbors,” said Staff Sergeant Demi Palecek, a candidate for the state legislature. told CBS News. ,This seems illegalWe didn’t sign up to do this.”
Captain Dylan Blaha, the Congress candidate in the state, had similar reservations, Accusations against Trump administration “Actively eroding our rights – free speech, due process, freedom of the press.”
“Look at Germany in the 1930s, 1940s,” Blaha said in an interview with the broadcaster. “There’s a point where if you don’t stand up to it [Nazi secret police] Gestapo, are you actively one of them now?”
guard member If they refuse a lawful order they may face court martial, imprisonment, or discharge.
Independent The White House, the Illinois National Guard and the Pentagon have been contacted for comment.
The Trump administration is attempting to send about 500 federal National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas to the city, the latest Series of attempts to use military In largely Democrat-run cities like Los Angeles and Washington, protests against crime and immigration raids have escalated.
City and state leaders in Illinois have vocally opposed the latest deployment effort, which Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has called a form of authoritarianism.
Troops began gathering outside Chicago earlier this month, although they have not yet deployed to the city ongoing case Illinois leaders challenged the operation.
a federal court Deploy temporarily blockedFinding that it potentially violates the 10th and 14th Amendments, as well as the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which prevents the military from enforcing domestic law.
An appeals court upheld the ban and the Trump administration has called for an emergency. Relief from US Supreme Court So that the operation can proceed further.
An expanded contingent of federal immigration agents has been in a separate presence in Chicago since last month as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”
As part of the mission, masked federal agents have conducted military-style raids across the city and have been accused of abuses.
A federal judge this month ordered Agents must wear body cameras and stop firing rubber bullets, tear gas and chemical weapons at protesters and journalists.
A top official leading the operation, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, has been accused of violating these orders after he was seen throwing tear gas canisters at protesters.
DHS claims violent protesters attacked his head with rocks.
Bovino has been ordered to appear in court later this week.