Overview

• Texas National Guard personnel arrived in the Chicago area on Tuesday, and a military official said about 200 are expected to deploy as the administration also authorizes federalizing roughly 300 Illinois Guard members.
• U.S. District Judge April Perry declined to immediately halt the deployments, ordered a government response by Wednesday, and scheduled a hearing for Thursday in the Illinois and Chicago lawsuit.
• U.S. Northern Command says Guard forces in Illinois are mobilized for 60 days to protect ICE operations and other federal assets, and officials indicated the troops are not expected to take direct law enforcement roles.
• In Oregon, a federal judge temporarily blocked National Guard deployments to police Portland, and Gov. Tina Kotek said California Guard troops staged at Camp Withycombe should remain there as the states press their case.
• President Trump has said he may invoke the Insurrection Act if courts or local leaders obstruct the deployments, drawing opposition from Democratic officials and concern from several former Republican governors.