By MARK SHERMAN, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday requested the Supreme Court docket to permit the deployment of Nationwide Guard troops within the Chicago space, escalating President Donald Trump’s battle with Democratic governors over utilizing the navy on U.S. soil.
The emergency enchantment to the excessive court docket got here after a choose prevented, for at the very least two weeks, the deployment of Guard members from Illinois and Texas to help immigration enforcement. A federal appeals court docket refused to place the choose’s order on maintain.
The conservative-dominated court docket has handed Trump repeated victories in emergency appeals since he took workplace in January, after decrease courts have dominated towards him and infrequently over the objection of the three liberal justices. The court docket has allowed Trump to ban transgender folks from the navy, claw again billions of {dollars} of congressionally authorised federal spending, transfer aggressively towards immigrants and fireplace the presidentially appointed leaders of impartial federal businesses,
Within the dispute over the Guard, U.S. District Decide April Perry stated she discovered no substantial proof {that a} “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois throughout Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Initially Revealed: October 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM PDT
