U.S. President Donald Trump was fighting legal battles across the country on Monday, Oct. 6, in his latest attempts to deploy troops onto the streets of opposition Democrat-run cities. Trump was attempting to circumvent court orders preventing the deployment of National Guard soldiers to the states of Oregon and Illinois to support immigration crackdowns. CGTN's Owen Fairclough has the latest.

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