Overview

• President Trump authorized 300 National Guard members for Chicago over Governor J.B. Pritzker’s opposition, with the White House citing the need to protect federal personnel and property.
• Illinois and the city of Chicago filed suit in federal court seeking an emergency injunction to stop any federalization, relocation, or deployment of Guard forces in the state.
• The case was assigned in Chicago’s federal district court to Judge April Perry, according to the filing reported by local media.
• DHS said federal agents opened fire in Chicago in what it called defensive shots during an ICE operation in Brighton Park that wounded a woman who later sought treatment at a hospital.
• A separate federal ruling in Oregon by Judge Karin Immergut blocked a planned Portland mobilization, and the administration is expected to appeal as similar deployments to other Democratic-led cities face ongoing challenges.