Overview
- Pentagon officials say roughly 200 Texas National Guard soldiers are in Chicago for an initial 60 days to protect federal facilities and stand by as rapid‑response teams.
- Illinois sued to halt the deployment, and U.S. District Judge April Perry declined to issue an immediate injunction ahead of a scheduled hearing.
- President Trump wrote on Truth that Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson should be arrested over alleged risks to ICE agents, though neither has been charged.
- The White House defends the move as necessary to safeguard federal property during protests targeting ICE operations.
- In a separate case, an Oregon judge provisionally blocked a transfer of federally controlled Guard members to Portland, underscoring the split in court rulings as Trump also signals openness to invoking the Insurrection Act.