Trump asks Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Chicago

The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago to protect federal personnel and federal property amid protests over immigration enforcement in the region.

Attorney General D. John Sauer, Trump’s lead lawyer on the Supreme Court, urged the justices to take immediate action after a judge ruled last week that National Guard troops were sent to Illinois by the President. Donald Trump Crime-fighters can stay in the state but cannot patrol or deploy to protect federal property. The federal appeals court refused to put the judge’s decision on hold.

U.S. District Judge April Perry said she found no convincing evidence of a “danger of riot” in Illinois because of Trump’s sanctions on immigrants.

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Sauer wrote that the judge’s decision “interferes with the president’s authority and puts federal personnel and property at unnecessary risk.”

The Trump administration argues that the lawsuit reveals what has become a “disturbing and recurring pattern” in which federal officers face prolonged, coordinated and violent resistance that threatens their lives and safety.

“Federal agents are forced to fight desperately to protect themselves and federal property, diverting resources away from their law enforcement missions and instead conducting protective operations,” the filing states. The statement is included.

“With weak support from local forces, they are often left to fend for themselves in the face of violent, hostile gangs. Faced with intolerable risks of harm to federal agents and coordinated, violent opposition to the enforcement of federal law, the president determines that he is legally unable to enforce U.S. laws with regular forces and calls up the National Guard to defend federal personnel property and functions in the face of ongoing crisis of violence.”

The appeal to the nation’s high court came after 11 protesters were arrested on Friday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, a West Chicago suburb that has become a frequent flashpoint for demonstrations against federal agents in recent weeks.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker opposes federal deployments in Chicago. (Kamil Krazaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

The application also further escalates Trump’s disagreements with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who strongly oppose the deployment of troops. Calling any deployment unconstitutional, officials insisted the city does not face the kind of crime crisis the White House claims.

Pritzker reacted to the appeal about X, accusing Trump of trying to “invade Illinois with troops” and vowing to defend the state’s sovereignty.

“Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American, it takes us down a dangerous path for our democracy,” Pritzker said. he wrote.

“What happens next?”

Trump has already deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tenn., to help prevent violent crime. He said the moves have led to a decrease in crime in those areas.

Earlier this week, the president floated the idea of ​​invoking the Riot Act to combat violent crime in Chicago and called on Pritzker to “seek help” from the federal government.

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“I can use it if I want to. I can; that’s a very simple answer. I’m allowed to use the Insurrection Act,” Trump said after being questioned by a reporter aboard Air Force One.

The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president the authority to deploy active-duty military or federal National Guard troops domestically in limited circumstances, such as to suppress civil unrest, insurrection, or obstruction of federal law. According to the Associated Press, it has been used nearly 30 times by nearly 10 presidents; last used by George HW Bush during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

But on Monday, Trump said his administration didn’t need to “go there yet” because it “won on appeal.”

President Donald Trump wants the National Guard to protect federal personnel and federal property amid protests over immigration enforcement in Illinois. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)

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“You know, we’re losing with the lower-level radical left judges, but we’re winning on appeal. Let’s see what happens,” Trump said.

The conservative-dominated court has given Trump repeated victories in emergency appeals since his inauguration in January, when lower courts ruled against him, often over objections from three liberal justices.

The court allowed Trump to bar transgender people from the military, roll back billions of dollars in congressionally approved federal spending, act aggressively against illegal immigrants and fire Senate-confirmed leaders of independent federal agencies.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.