Overview

• U.S. Northern Command says roughly 200 Texas and 300 Illinois Guard members are mobilized for at least 60 days and staged at the Elwood Army Reserve center, where new fencing, privacy screens and trailers were installed.
• The Pentagon describes a federal protection mission focused on safeguarding ICE personnel and property with perimeter security, crowd control and de-escalation, allowing only temporary detentions, not arrests.
• A Northern Command spokesperson told the Associated Press that part of the Texas contingent started protecting federal property on Wednesday.
• Related court battles include a Portland case where a judge blocked a Guard deployment and a 9th Circuit hearing scheduled today, as prior rulings questioned similar moves in Los Angeles.
• President Trump urged jailing Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker as protests in Chicago continued, with reporting of tear gas and other crowd-control munitions used by federal agents at ICE sites.