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In a move that intensifies tensions between President Donald Trump and Democratic governors, the Trump administration has requested the Supreme Court’s permission to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area. This request marks another chapter in the ongoing debate over military deployment on domestic soil.
The administration’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court follows a ruling by a judge that temporarily blocks the deployment of National Guard members from Illinois and Texas for immigration enforcement. A federal appeals court declined to suspend the judge’s ruling, keeping the block in place for at least two weeks.
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Since taking office in January, Trump has seen the conservative-majority Supreme Court deliver several victories in emergency appeals, often overturning lower court decisions. This has included actions such as banning transgender individuals from military service, redirecting billions of dollars of federally approved spending, implementing stringent immigration policies, and removing leaders of independent federal agencies appointed by the president.
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U.S. District Judge April Perry, in addressing the current controversy over deploying the Guard, stated that there is no significant evidence to support claims of a potential “danger of rebellion” in Illinois as part of Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.
But Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top Supreme Court lawyer, urged the justices to step in immediately. Perry’s order, Sauer wrote, “impinges on the President’s authority and needlessly endangers federal personnel and property.”
Last week, the Guard arrived at the Broadview immigration facility on Thursday. Troops could be seen walking around and lingering near the facility.
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A federal judge in Oregon also has temporarily blocked the deployment of National Guard troops there.
Guard troops from several states also are patrolling the nation’s capital and Memphis, Tennessee.
In a California case, a judge in September said the deployment was illegal. By that point, just 300 of the thousands of troops sent there remained and the judge did not order them to leave.
ABC7 Chicago contributed to this report.
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