Appeals Court Keeps Block on Illinois Guard Deployment

A federal appeals panel refused to lift a lower court’s block on the Trump administration’s plan to deploy federalized National Guard troops in Illinois, calling the move a likely Tenth Amendment violation. The Seventh Circuit said the administration is unlikely to show a “rebellion” or that regular forces can’t execute the law, keeping the status quo through Oct. 23 as a hearing looms Oct. 22. The panel let the federal government retain control of existing Guard units but kept the ban on deploying them in Illinois. Judges noted Chicago protests—even occasionally violent—haven’t shut down immigration operations.

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