Trump Appeals to Supreme Court to Deploy National Guard in Illinois

The Trump administration has filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to overturn lower court rulings that blocked the deployment of National Guard troops into Illinois amid rising tension over federal immigration enforcement operations in Chicago.

What We Know:

• U.S. District Judge April Perry issued a temporary restraining order barring the federalization and deployment of National Guard units from Illinois and Texas into Illinois, citing a lack of evidence of “rebellion” or public disorder.

• The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of that order, allowing the Guard to remain federalized but refusing to permit their physical deployment.

• The Trump administration argues the ruling undermines presidential authority and endangers federal operations, particularly under the administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration initiative in Chicago.

• Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has strongly opposed the federal deployment, calling it an unconstitutional overreach.

• The appeals court rejected Trump’s emergency motion earlier this week, stating that “political opposition is not rebellion.”

• The Justice Department filed its petition late Thursday, urging the Supreme Court to immediately allow the deployment while the case proceeds on the merits.

• This action is amid multiple reports that ICE and the administration has targeted all-Black neighborhoods and unjustly accosted and arrested American citizens in their quest to fulfill the mandate of Trump.

The Supreme Court’s decision will test the limits of presidential power to deploy U.S. troops domestically — a conflict with deep implications for federal-state authority in the post–“One Big Beautiful Bill” era.

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