Overview

• About 500 National Guard members — roughly 200 from Texas and 300 from Illinois — are mobilized under U.S. Northern Command for at least 60 days and staged at the Elwood Army Reserve Center.
• Northern Command says the mission is to protect ICE and other federal personnel and property, with roles including security perimeters, crowd control and de‑escalation, and no authority to arrest protesters.
• An element of the Texas contingent began protecting federal property on Wednesday, and local outlets reported troops entering the ICE facility in Broadview overnight.
• Illinois and Chicago have sued to block the deployment, with U.S. District Judge April Perry set to hear their request for a temporary restraining order, as a separate Oregon case over Portland heads to the 9th Circuit.
• President Donald Trump publicly called for jailing Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson over their opposition, while protests near ICE sites continued and prior confrontations involved pepper balls, tear gas and rubber bullets used by federal agents.