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Ex-President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for the incarceration of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, accusing them of failing to protect ICE agents.

"Chicago's Mayor should be jailed for endangering Immigration agents!" Trump posted on his platform Wednesday morning. "Governor Pritzker too!"

Both officials are members of the Democratic faction.

These remarks come alongside the arrival of National Guard troops in the Windy City area under orders from the federal administration, notwithstanding strong objections from Illinois authorities such as Pritzker and Johnson.

"This marks yet another attempt where Trump has sought to have a Black man unjustly detained," Mayor Johnson stated on that day. "I am staying anywhere."

The governor responded via online channels, declaring: "I will not yield. Now Trump is demanding arrests of elected officials resisting his authority. What's next on the road toward full-blown authoritarianism?"

By Wednesday morning, National Guard units from the Lone Star State had reached the Elwood training facility, a military installation roughly 80 kilometers from Chicago, as the administration pushes forward with its aggressive crime strategy and immigration enforcement operations.

The president has called Chicago a "dangerous disaster zone", even though official statistics indicate notable reductions in most criminal activities, including murders.

That day, 200 Texas National Guard troops were scheduled to arrive to the region, with an additional three hundred state military forces preparing to mobilize, according to reports. Officials indicated the soldiers would not perform law enforcement duties but would protect federal immigration agents and government buildings.

Military personnel in combat attire with state guard patches were spotted at the US army reserve center in the town. Trucks marked "Disaster Relief" delivered sanitation facilities and essential items. Trailers were set up in lines. Extra barriers was placed around the compound.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered no-fly zones over the army reserve center for safety concerns until 6 December.

Federal authorities has escalated immigration enforcement in the city in the past month, triggering demonstrations, especially near an immigration center in a Chicago suburb.

On Monday, Illinois and Chicago filed a lawsuit targeting the administration, attempting to halt the National Guard deployment, urging a court to stop what they call "the president's proclaimed 'War'" on Chicago and Illinois, labeling it "illegal and dangerous".

A court hearing on their lawsuit is scheduled for the next day.

The mayor also signed an directive on that day banning ICE officers and others from using municipal facilities as staging areas for deportation efforts.

The governor has accused Trump of using troops as "staged tools" and "pawns".

At a news conference on the previous day, Pritzker said that Trump is trying to "rationalize and make acceptable the deployment of armed soldiers under his direct command."

The historic federal law restricts the army's involvement in civilian law enforcement. However, the president has said he would be prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows a president to send active duty military in states that are unable to suppress an insurrection or are resisting federal law.

Since starting his new administration, Trump has sent or mentioned deploying troops to at least 10 cities, including Baltimore; Washington DC; New Orleans and California cities like Bay Area and Southern California municipalities, arguing that the armed forces is necessary to combat crime and protect immigration agents.

Data indicates that serious offenses nationwide has declined in recent years. In the city, for example, homicides were reduced 31% to under three hundred through August, according to police data.

New survey data released on Wednesday found that the majority of US citizens disapprove of the sending of military forces without an external threat.