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President Trump and his team are ramping up efforts to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led

cities and to expand ICE enforcement operations. Some members of the Guard have been moved

into the Chicago area, and the President argues they should also be in Portland, Oregon.

Those plans were the focus of two federal court hearings today, and just this evening, a federal judge in Chicago blocked the Trump administration's request for now to deploy the Guard, saying there's no danger of a rebellion to justify it.

She said the Guard would only, quote, add fuel to the fire.

William Brangham reports on those developments.

Handcuffing a city council member.

Deploying tear gas from a public school.

And in this stylized video shot and distributed

by the Department of Homeland Security,

repelling from a helicopter and storming an apartment complex

while families inside slept.

It's all part of a wave of aggressive actions

by federal immigration agents in Chicago in recent weeks.

Their behavior definitely feels like it has escalated, where they now have permission to use excessive force.

It feels like, you know, it's shoot first, ask questions later.

Lawrence Benito runs the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

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