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Judge Weighs Chicago National Guard Deployment as First Troops Begin Federal Protection Mission

Illinois and Chicago say the president overstepped domestic military limits, setting up a test of federal authority versus state sovereignty.

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Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
A protester is arrested by police and federal officers outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Overview

  • U.S. Northern Command says about 500 Guard members—200 from Texas and 300 from Illinois—have been activated for 60 days, with a Texas element now protecting federal personnel and property in the Chicago area.
  • U.S. District Judge April Perry is holding a hearing on a request from Illinois and Chicago to temporarily block the federally controlled Guard operation.
  • Parallel legal fights continue on the West Coast, where a federal judge blocked deployments to Portland and a 9th Circuit panel is set to review the order after earlier rulings also constrained actions in Los Angeles.
  • Troops are staged at an Army Reserve site in Elwood as protests continue near the Broadview ICE facility, where court filings and civil rights groups have documented aggressive crowd-control tactics by federal agents.
  • President Trump urged jailing Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor J.B. Pritzker over ICE protection and has signaled he could invoke the Insurrection Act if courts or local officials thwart deployments.