On behalf of the state of Illinois, Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Department of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security, and Secretary of the U.S. Army Daniel P. Driscoll and the U.S. Army challenging the administration’s unlawful deployment of  National Guard members in Illinois to perform federal law enforcement functions.
“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly for the reason that their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” Raoul said. “I am absolutely committed to upholding the Constitution and defending the rule of law, which is why my office is both challenging and seeking an order to stop unlawful National Guard deployment in Illinois.”