Overview
- The Justice Department filed an emergency application Friday seeking to pause a district court order that blocks deploying federalized National Guard troops in Illinois, also requesting an immediate administrative stay.
- The Supreme Court ordered Illinois and Chicago to respond by 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 20, signaling the justices could act quickly.
- A 7th Circuit panel left intact the ban on deploying Guard troops in Illinois but allowed federalization to continue, finding insufficient evidence of a rebellion or an inability to enforce federal law with regular forces.
- Roughly 300 Illinois Guard members have been called into federal service, with about 400 Texas Guard members slated to join in a protective role, and the troops remain staged off the streets near Chicago.
- Protests continued at the Broadview ICE facility with arrests reported as a separate federal order expanded limits on agents’ tactics, requiring warnings before crowd-control weapons and the use of body cameras.