Overview

• Illinois and the city of Chicago filed suit challenging the legality of placing state National Guard units under federal control for operations in the city.
• The Pentagon ordered roughly 300 Illinois Guard members to protect federal personnel, including ICE agents, and federal property in Chicago, with reports indicating additional Texas units are being mobilized.
• President Trump said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act if people were killed and if courts or local officials blocked federal actions.
• Federal judges have recently constrained deployments, including twice halting stationing soldiers in Portland, and a judge is expected to consider an injunction in the Illinois case as early as Thursday.
• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced ICE‑free zones that bar agency checkpoints in parks and public parking lots as the city seeks to limit immigration enforcement tactics.