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0:02	Report by| Craig Crowther
1:19	Dan Rayfield | Oregon Attorney General

((US President Donald Trump has authorised the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago to deal with what he calls out of control crime. Tensions have been building as ICE agents sweep the city. National Guard troops are typically deployed by a state's governor, and there are laws that are supposed to limit the presidential use of the military for domestic matters.))

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Protesters confront federal officers on the streets of America's third-largest city. 

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Tensions have been building in Chicago for days after ICE agents swept through several neighbourhoods. 

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Now, US President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of the national guard, 

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker posted on social media that .... 

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....  the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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It's a pattern repeated on America's west coast, with fraught stand-offs between Oregon residents and federal agents. 

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Here, a Trump-appointed judge has blocked the presidential deployment of the National Guard. 

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She branded Trump's statements about the state's largest city Portland quote untethered to the facts -- and said it would be a violation of the Constitution. 

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The state's Attorney General Dan Rayfield said the ruling was a vital check on the president's power. 

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 +++Attorney General Dan Rayfield+++

I think we all know that we're an incredibly dangerous place in America right now. And today's ruling is an important wake-up call for the United States president. No president is allowed to make up facts or rely on social media trolling or posts when deploying the United States military in our cities. 

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The Trump administration says it will appeal the order, which expires on October 18th... as it looks to expand its rollout of the national guard to more cities across the United States. 

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