Overview

• U.S. Northern Command says about 300 Illinois Guard members and 200 from Texas are federally activated under Title 10 to protect ICE personnel and facilities in the Chicago area.
• Illinois and Chicago filed suit to block the deployment, with Judge April Perry taking written arguments and setting a Thursday hearing on the request.
• President Donald Trump posted that Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor J.B. Pritzker should be jailed for failing to protect ICE officers, drawing sharp pushback from both officials.
• Video showing Reverend David Black struck by a pepper-ball outside ICE’s Broadview facility has fueled allegations of excessive force during ongoing protests.
• In a related case, a federal judge in Oregon halted Guard deployments there and the dispute moves to a Ninth Circuit hearing Thursday, as Trump signals he could invoke the Insurrection Act if courts or local officials obstruct deployments.