Overview

• The Seventh Circuit left in place an order blocking a Trump-directed National Guard or military deployment in Chicago while allowing troops in Illinois to remain under federal control.
• Two days earlier, Judge April M. Perry temporarily halted transfers of military personnel from Texas after rejecting the Justice Department’s Insurrection Act rationale as lacking credible evidence.
• Vice President JD Vance said the president is exploring use of the Insurrection Act but has not determined it is necessary.
• ICE’s “Operation Midway Blitz” has brought intensified raids in Chicago and sustained protests, including a reported Border Patrol shooting that wounded a U.S. citizen on the South Side.
• Chicago police report homicides are down 28% from last year and 50% over four years, complicating claims of a broad urban security breakdown.