- Important ruling by US appeals court
- No evidence found that the threat of rebellion in Illinois has increased during Trump’s immigration action: Court
National Guard troops sent to Illinois by US President Donald Trump can remain in the state and under federal control but cannot be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol, an appeals court has said in its ruling.
The decision comes after a ruling by federal Judge April Perry on Thursday in which she temporarily ordered a stay on the deployment of the National Guard for at least two weeks.
Perry found no specific evidence that the threat of rebellion in Illinois has increased during Trump’s immigration action.
The repeated appointments are the result of an ongoing political and legal battle over Trump’s push to deploy guards to several American cities. His administration claims that these cities have high crime rates. However, the statistics do not always support this.
If a US president invokes insurrection laws, he can send active-duty military forces to those states. However, Perry said he has not seen any concrete evidence that the threat of insurrection has arisen in Illinois during Trump’s immigration crackdown.
