Overview
- A Seventh Circuit panel refused to lift a lower court order blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, writing that the facts do not justify the president’s actions and that political opposition is not rebellion.
- The administration filed an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow immediate deployment, arguing federal agents in Chicago and Broadview face threats during immigration enforcement operations.
- In a separate case, a federal judge expanded restrictions by requiring federal agents involved in Chicago operations to wear body cameras and ordered ICE’s Chicago field director to appear in court.
- Protests continued outside the Broadview ICE facility, where at least 11 people were detained after confrontations with police, following weeks of clashes and reported use of chemical agents.
- DHS reports more than 1,000 arrests in Illinois under Operation Midway Blitz and roughly 500 federalized Guard personnel staged near Chicago, while San Francisco and California leaders publicly oppose any similar deployment there.