Overview
- U.S. District Judge April Perry issued a temporary restraining order through Oct. 23, saying DHS accounts were unreliable and warning troop presence would “add fuel to the fire.”
- About 500 Guard members — roughly 300 from Illinois and 200 from Texas — were mobilized under U.S. Northern Command for a 60-day mission to protect federal personnel and property in the Chicago area.
- Chicago and Illinois sued to block the deployments as unlawful and unnecessary, citing small, largely peaceful protests at the Broadview ICE facility and a separate ruling curbing agents’ use of force there.
- The administration plans to appeal the Illinois order while a 9th Circuit panel weighs a separate block on deploying Guard troops to Portland, with no final ruling reported.
- President Trump called for jailing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and has said he could invoke the Insurrection Act if courts impede deployments.