Overview

• U.S. Northern Command says 300 Illinois and 200 Texas National Guard members are mobilized for a 60-day federal protection mission based at the Elwood Army Reserve Center, with an element of the Texas contingent beginning duties protecting federal property on Wednesday.
• Illinois and Chicago seek a temporary restraining order before U.S. District Judge April Perry today, while a Ninth Circuit panel separately considers whether to keep in place an order blocking deployments to Portland.
• Officials describe the Guard’s role as securing perimeters, handling crowd control, and using de-escalation tactics to protect ICE and other federal personnel and facilities, with no arrests of protesters planned though temporary detentions to prevent assaults are permitted.
• Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson oppose the move and say the federal government has not shared troop movement details, as President Trump publicly urged jailing both officials and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem voiced support for prosecutions.
• Protests continue at Chicago’s Broadview ICE facility and downtown, with reports of federal use of pepper balls, tear gas and rubber bullets; prior rulings curtailed deployments in Oregon and Los Angeles, and the White House has signaled it could invoke the Insurrection Act if courts intervene.