Overview

• Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops were seen staging at an Army Reserve site in Elwood, Illinois, as the administration also authorized up to 300 Illinois Guard members on federal duty to protect federal personnel and facilities.
• Illinois and the City of Chicago sued to block the deployments, and U.S. District Judge April M. Perry declined an immediate restraining order, allowing staging to continue while setting a Thursday hearing.
• President Trump posted that Brandon Johnson and J.B. Pritzker “should be in jail” for “failing to protect ICE officers,” intensifying his clash with local leaders who oppose the troop deployments and federal enforcement surge.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order creating “ICE-free zones” that bar civil immigration enforcement from using city property, while Governor J.B. Pritzker denounced the federal actions as unlawful and political.
• Operation Midway Blitz continues with stepped-up ICE activity, protests and arrests around Chicago, as a separate federal judge in Oregon blocked Guard deployments there and Trump said he may invoke the Insurrection Act if courts impede plans.