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The Rebel Yellow - Issue #117

Trump’s use of a centuries-old wartime law to detain Venezuelan migrants has been ruled illegal by a federal appeals court, as the president faces growing backlash for threatening military deployments to Chicago and pushing for mass deportations. Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt declared America belongs to white Christians in a speech echoing white nationalist rhetoric, while anti-immigrant protests in Australia turned violent amid rising hostility toward Indian migrants. ICE arrested 475 mostly South Korean workers in Georgia in its largest-ever worksite raid, triggering diplomatic fallout with Seoul. Meanwhile, a former Yahoo exec killed his mother in Connecticut after ChatGPT allegedly convinced him she was a Chinese spy. On a lighter note, Alex Eala made history as the first Filipino to win a WTA singles title, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared rare reflections on Bruce Lee, and Jackie Chan slammed Hollywood for putting profits over good filmmaking.

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Illinois Senator Duckworth slams Trump post as illegal war declaration against Chicago

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) said President Donald Trump made an “illegal” declaration of war after he posted threatening imagery about deploying federal forces to Chicago amid his broader push to crack down on crime and immigration in Democratic-controlled cities.

Latest developments: Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday an AI-generated imagery with the caption “I love the smell of deportations in the morning” and “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” The image, which shows him sitting on the beach against a backdrop of flames and military aircraft, also featured the words “Chipocalypse Now.”

On Sunday, Trump denied “going to war,” telling reporters instead that he will “clean up” the cities “so they don’t kill five people every weekend.”

“An illegal order”: On Sunday, Duckworth said that declaring war on any American city would constitute “an illegal order” by the president. “I take what the president of the United States says very seriously, because that is the respect you have to give to the office,” she told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “And if that's what he’s declaring, then let me make it clear: it would be an illegal order to declare war on a major city, any city within the United States, by the President of the United States.”

The senator also criticized the administration’s failure to coordinate with Chicago law enforcement, questioning, “If they were truly, truly interested in fighting crime, then they would work with local law enforcement and ask them, ‘What do you need? What help do you need?’”

Broader implications: Duckworth and Sen. Dick Durbin have formally requested information from four federal agencies about planned Chicago operations, warning that military deployments divert personnel from essential duties including “counterterrorism, cyber-hacking, trafficking and counterespionage.”

A federal judge previously ruled Trump’s Los Angeles National Guard deployment violated federal law, while Washington D.C. operations have resulted in mostly misdemeanor charges rather than violent crime prosecutions. Meanwhile, Chicago crime data contradicts the administration’s claims about its safety as violent incidents are down more than 22% and homicides decreased over 32% compared to the previous year.

Immigration enforcement operations in Chicago could intensify this week.