Overview
- President Donald Trump authorized 300 Guard members to Chicago to protect federal agents and property, according to spokesperson Abigail Jackson.
- U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily barred a comparable deployment to Portland until October 18, writing that recent protests do not constitute a danger of rebellion.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described Chicago as a “war zone,” a framing the administration has used to justify deployments targeting cities with sustained protests against ICE.
- Democratic officials, including Senator Dick Durbin, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, criticized the moves as unnecessary and fear‑driven.
- Chicago becomes the latest in a series of federally ordered Guard deployments that have included Los Angeles, Washington and Memphis, as the White House signals other cities could be targeted.