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President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 300 Guard personnel to Chicago to tackle what he describes as out-of-control criminal activity.

The move occurred a short time after federal agents announced they clashed with protesters in the Democrat-run city and shot an armed woman when she and other individuals crashed their vehicles into law enforcement vehicles.

Local and state leaders have for some time censured Trump's military strategy and labeled it an misuse of authority. The state's governor J.B. Pritzker said Trump was "attempting to create a emergency".

The declaration arrived as a court judge in the city of Portland – another liberal city – issued a temporary halt the Trump administration from assigning 200 personnel there.

Immergut labeled Trump's statements about conditions in Portland "detached from the facts," and said the move violated the Constitution.

She stated the deployment of the armed forces to quell unrest without the state of Oregon approving threatens the sovereignty of that state and others. The judge found that the government's justifications for the assignment "endanger blurring the distinction between public and military national control – to the detriment of this United States".

It is probable that a court case will likewise be filed over a potential sending in Chicago. It remains unknown whether a single forces have yet been assigned in the liberal city.

In the midst of persistent riots and chaos, that regional authorities like Gov Pritzker have refused to step in to stop, President Trump has ordered 300 troops to protect government agents and property.

The city is the newest – several of them governed by the Democratic Party – to be chosen for a controversial assignment of forces, joining DC, Los Angeles, Tennessee's Memphis and Portland.

Chicago has witnessed an rise in protests over federal immigration actions in the region, many of them occurring outside US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

On recently – immediately prior to Trump ordered personnel there – Border Patrol officers shot a woman after a group of protesters drove automobiles into government vehicles, the DHS said in a comment. The woman was in possession of a firearm, the release confirmed.

The woman's wounds were unknown. DHS reported she went to a hospital in the area.

• Trump has repeatedly mentioned the city as an example of rising city violence.
• National forces have earlier been deployed to other locations in demonstrations.
• Legal challenges are anticipated in Illinois resembling those in Portland.