Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago

National Guard troops can’t be deployed in Illinois for now, court rules

The troops sent by President Donald Trump can remain in the state while the case is pending.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard Troops in Illinois

A federal judge in Chicago has issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to Illinois, after city and state officials sued to block the move. U.S. District Judge April Perry said in an oral ruling Thursday that deploying soldiers would “only add fuel to the fire that defendants themselves have started.” The ruling came as Illinois’s Democratic Governor JB Pritzker once ag…

A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments

​​President Donald Trump’s continued efforts to deport undocumented immigrants and what he says is a crackdown on crime in mostly Democratic-led cities — which have some of the nation’s largest Black populations — is showing no signs of slowing. Yet on Thursday, Chicago won a battle for now. A judge temporarily blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks. The judge said the order would expire on Oct…

Temporary Injunction Prevents Additional State National Guard Influx To Chicago

CHICAGO - A federal judge on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from deploying more than 500 National Guard members to the Chicago area, citing a lack of credible evidence of a rebellion in Illinois. During a nearly three-hour hearing, U.S. District Judge April Perry challenged the Trump administration’s claim that there was a danger of rebellion in Illinois, particularly focusing on incidents at a U.S. Immigratio…

National Guard Stands Down in Illinois While Troops Patrol in Memphis with Local Police

National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and training after a judge handed a loss to the Trump administration and blocked their deployment to the Chicago area.

Activist Judge Blocks Trump’s National Guard Deployment to Chicago

A Democrat-aligned federal judge has issued an order to block President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to protect federal agents from violence in Chicago, Illinois. The post Activist Judge Blocks Trump’s National Guard Deployment to Chicago appeared first on Slay News.