India, Oct. 8 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be jailed for "failing to protect" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, a remark that came in a dramatic escalation of his attempts to flood the city with National Guard troops and federal agents.

"Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!" he wrote in a post on Truth Social.

The remark comes a day after the Texas National Guard arrived in the third-largest American city following a federal judge's refusal to quickly issue a temporary order blocking their deployment.

Soon after Trump's remarks, Governor Pritzker said that "I will not ba...