Overview

• The 7th Circuit granted an administrative stay only on federalization, saying Guard members in Illinois need not return home, but it kept the ban on any deployment in place.
• U.S. Northern Command said troops near Chicago are limited to planning and training and are not conducting operational activities.
• Roughly 300 Illinois Guard members and about 200 from Texas were activated under Title 10 for a 60-day mission tied to protecting ICE personnel and federal property.
• Illinois and Chicago sued to block the move, and Judge April Perry issued a temporary restraining order after finding no credible evidence of a rebellion and calling DHS accounts unreliable.
• The Justice Department argues the judge improperly second‑guessed presidential military judgments, as parallel legal fights continue over similar deployments in Portland and other cities.