Hundreds of Texasbased National Guards deployed this week to Illinois to boost federal authorities can stay there, but can’t be activated, a federal judge ruled on Oct. 4.
“Members of the National Guard do not need to return to their home states unless further ordered by a court to do so,” the latest ruling states.
This comes after fierce pushback from local residents and Democratic leaders in both Texas and Illinois who have called the president’s decision to deploy the National Guard — with the blessing of Gov. Greg Abbott — unlawful. U.S. District Judge April Perry temporarily blocked the guard from being deployed, but the Trump administration appealed the decision, prompting the Oct. 4 ruling.
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