Among the church attendees was Lester Burks, a 74-year-old U.S. Army veteran who said a military presence in Chicago would be threatening.
Ahead of expected federal intervention, Chicago churches urge calm resistance
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Dan Maurer, a law professor at Ohio Northern University and a retired U.S. Army judge advocate officer, says it's all part of a “muscular” strategy by Trump to show his political base he is serious about a campaign promise to fix immigration.
Takeaways: U.S. military enters gray area with expanded role at Mexico-U.S. border
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