Overview

• Illinois’ governor said the Pentagon notified the state Saturday that 300 National Guard members will be put on federal orders, with no timing, location or mission disclosed.
• The White House and Pentagon did not respond to questions about the planned activation, and Pritzker denounced the move as unnecessary and politically driven.
• Federal authorities reported 13 arrests Friday near ICE’s Broadview processing site outside Chicago, which Pritzker said state, county and local police are already securing.
• Homeland Security said federal agents in the Chicago area were boxed in by multiple vehicles and fired defensive shots, injuring a woman, while Secretary Kristi Noem said additional reinforcements were being sent.
• The Illinois step follows a broader pattern: Guard forces were used in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.; 200 Oregon Guard troops were federalized and seen training; and legal fights continue, with a California case moving on appeal and an Oregon judge weighing a restraining order this weekend.