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Trump Urges Jailing of Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor as Guard Troops Mass Outside City

A federal judge has allowed the Guard deployment to continue temporarily pending a hearing on Illinois and Chicago’s challenge.

Members of the Texas National Guard assemble at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Illinois, on October 7.
Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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Overview

  • More than 500 National Guard personnel, including about 200 from Texas and roughly 300 federalized Illinois troops, are staged at the Elwood U.S. Army Reserve center for a planned 60‑day protection mission, according to U.S. Northern Command.
  • Illinois and the City of Chicago filed suit to block the deployments, and a judge declined to issue an immediate restraining order while setting a Thursday hearing to review the case.
  • President Trump posted that Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. J.B. Pritzker "should be in jail" for failing to protect ICE officers; both officials rejected the claim and warned of authoritarian overreach.
  • The administration’s Operation Midway Blitz continues in the Chicago area with aggressive ICE raids, protests and clashes, including a recent Border Patrol shooting that resulted in charges against two protesters.
  • Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act as other courts have constrained his deployments, and a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found most Americans oppose sending troops to cities without an external threat.