Overview

• Texas National Guard units assembled at an Army Reserve center in Elwood, Illinois, as U.S. Northern Command said Guard members are mobilized for an initial 60 days to protect ICE operations, federal agents and property.
• Illinois and Chicago sued to block federalizing 300 Illinois Guard members and receiving out‑of‑state troops, and Judge April Perry ordered a Justice Department response by Wednesday ahead of a Thursday hearing.
• A separate federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted out‑of‑state Guard deployments to Portland, producing conflicting interim rulings across jurisdictions.
• President Donald Trump said he may invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act if courts or local officials impede deployments, a move legal experts say requires a presidential proclamation and would likely face swift litigation.
• Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the deployment as unlawful and unnecessary, and former GOP governors John Kasich, Asa Hutchinson and Christine Todd Whitman warned of constitutional overreach.