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Vance Says Trump Weighing Insurrection Act as Courts Curb National Guard Deployments

Federal judges have kept federally controlled Guard units off city streets, prompting the White House to study extraordinary authority for domestic deployments.

An officer with the Department of Homeland Security Special Response Team stands facing a protester outside an ICE facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 6, 2025.
Members of the National Guard patrol a street in Memphis on Oct. 10, 2025.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks to the media while Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 10, 2025.

Overview

  • An appeals court on Saturday let the administration retain federal control of some Illinois National Guard units but kept a bar on deploying them, following a district judge’s order that found no credible evidence of a rebellion.
  • Vice President J.D. Vance said on Meet the Press that the president is looking at all options and has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act, after Trump said last week he would use it if he deemed it necessary.
  • The White House says the purpose is protecting federal personnel and ICE facilities, a rationale questioned by officials and in court, where a judge noted an ICE site near Chicago has remained open and operational.
  • Former President Barack Obama criticized the moves as politicizing the military and skirting Posse Comitatus, as separate rulings have also restricted federalized deployments in Oregon and earlier in California.
  • GOP strategist Karl Rove warned the tactic could be politically costly despite crime concerns, even as a Rasmussen poll found 52% of likely voters support using the Guard to defend ICE facilities; U.S. Northern Command says troops in Chicago and Portland are not conducting operations.