Overview
- The announcement came days after the Supreme Court blocked the plan to use Illinois’ National Guard in Chicago for ICE protection, saying the government had not shown lawful authority.
- Trump said the units will pull back but warned they could return “in a much different and stronger way” if crime rises in those cities.
- The administration has not provided a timetable or operational details for the withdrawals from the three locations.
- Officials and advisers have discussed the Insurrection Act as a potential alternative path for future federal deployments, according to reporting.
- State leaders welcomed the reversal, with California Attorney General Rob Bonta calling the deployments political, and a federal appeals court ordered California Guard units returned to Governor Gavin Newsom’s control.