Overview
- U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary restraining order blocking any National Guard deployments to Oregon, questioning the administration’s bid to send California and then Texas units after first barring Oregon’s own Guard.
- Illinois and the City of Chicago filed a federal lawsuit to stop a planned federalization and deployment of roughly 300 Illinois Guard members plus additional Texas troops to the city.
- The White House said President Trump authorized use of Illinois Guard forces to protect federal personnel and property during immigration enforcement operations.
- The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents shot a woman on Chicago’s Southwest Side after Border Patrol vehicles were rammed and boxed in, and officials reported 13 arrests near an ICE facility in Broadview.
- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker condemned the plan as “Trump’s invasion” while Texas Governor Greg Abbott supported sending his state’s Guard, and challengers cited a recent ruling that found a Los Angeles deployment unlawful.