Appeals court blocks Trump from deploying National Guard to Illinois

A federal appeals court on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Illinois.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has ruled that members of the Illinois National Guard can currently remain federal, but cannot be deployed to the state.

“National Guard members do not need to return to their home states unless ordered by a court,” they added.

The move came after the Trump administration appealed the ruling Previous decision by a federal judge To temporarily prevent the deployment of National Guard forces in the state.

In response to Saturday’s ruling, a White House spokesman indicated another appeal was forthcoming.

“Amid the ongoing violent riots and lawlessness, which local leaders like Pritzker have refused to intervene to quell, President Trump has exercised his legal authority to protect federal officers and assets,” Abigail Jackson said in a statement. “President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the chaos plaguing American cities and we expect him to be vindicated by a higher court.”

Representatives for Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment.

Hundreds of National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas were originally deployed to Illinois earlier this week at the direction of the Trump administration.

It comes as President Donald Trump has threatened to use the Insurrection Act, a law passed in 1807, to continue deploying military personnel in American cities if courts uphold the deployment in multiple legal challenges.

Last week, Trump federally instructed National Guard members to deploy troops near Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, saying the troops would help keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Oregon and Illinois safe and that they would help those cities tackle crime.

Democratic governors and mayors of Illinois and Oregon have opposed Trump’s moves, with each state engaged in an ongoing lawsuit to block the deployment of National Guard troops in their states.

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Earlier this year, the Trump administration formed the California National Guard to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. That was it Forbidden By a federal judge ruling in September.

California sued again this month and won when the Trump administration aimed to send California National Guard troops to Oregon after a federal judge blocked the deployment of the Oregon National Guard there.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California is currently considering a case involving the deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon. The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the state’s National Guard from converting to and deploying to the federal system.

The panel, made up of two Trump appointees and one Clinton appointee, appears likely to approve the administration’s request to overturn the lower court’s temporary restraining order, with one judge suggesting that Trump, as president, should receive more deference in the decision-making process.

One of the judges said the court would issue a decision as soon as possible, but did not provide a specific timetable.