The Governor of the Illinois JB Pritzker speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on October 6, 2025, the mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson stands on the right. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The federal judge will hear on Thursday in Illinois of arguments in connection with the Chicago lawsuit questioning by President Donald Trump the soldiers of the National Guard in this state, before he decides whether to block this move, the judge wrote in the decision.
In one paragraph orderUnited States Regional Judge April M. Perry, which Democratic President Joe Biden appointed the defendants’ bench, set Trump administration the final date at 23:59 on Wednesday to give a written response to a lawsuit submitted by democratic Illinois leaders and his largest city, which they submitted on Monday morning.
Perry did not immediately give a ban on approaching. JB Pritzker Governor and mayor Brandon Johnson from the beginning of the case tried to block the distribution of officers.
Perry said that she expected that the federal government’s response would contain evidence when the branches of the National Guard will come to Illinois, where they can go and “the scope of the actions of these soldiers” when they reach there. She designated an oral occurrence for Thursday at 11:00 Central European time.
The suit He tries to stop the federalization of the Illinois National Guard by Trump and the mobilization of the soldiers of the Texas National Guard in this state. The Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott also agreed to send the Guard troops to Portland, Oregon at Trump’s request.
In the complaint of Pritzker and Johnson, the federalization of soldiers of the State National Guard “illegal, dangerous and incompatible with the constitution was called. Democrats added that this move was “clearly pretext and unfounded”, which means that it did not meet the legal requirements, according to which the president could take the governor control over the forces of the National Guard.
In another case, the federal judge blocked delegation to Portland after the leaders of the city and Oregon filed a lawsuit to stop this action. According to the notification of the schedule published on Tuesday, the Federal Government appealed against this order, and the panel of the 9th District Court of United States will consider oral appearance on Thursday.
Act on the uprising cited by Trump
Trump said that the extraordinary exploit of troops, which raises sedate legal and constitutional doubts regarding the border between armed forces and national law enforcement agencies, is necessary to control crime in some cities under the leadership of Democrats, including Chicago and Portland.
The leaders are the local people in these jurisdictions, as well as Los Angeles, stated that military staff are not needed as a complement to the local police. Pritzker called the proposed distribution in Chicago “invasion”.
Asset indicated on Monday He may strive for further escalation of efforts in favor of military involvement in the country, claiming that he will not have any scruples if he cites the act on the uprising that extends the president’s power in the exploit of the army to enforce the law.
“We adopted the act on the uprising for a reason,” he told reporters. “If I had to pass it, I would do it. If people died, the judgments stopped us, governors or mayors, of course, I would do it.”
Democrats in the Congress question the raid
Trump’s exploit of the National Guard soldiers is partly a response to protests in the cities of Democrats in connection with the suppression by this administration of immigration law enforcement.
Trump sent officers of immigration organs to some cities. These agents sometimes applied aggressive means of enforcement of law, including the raid of September 30 to an apartment building in Chicago, which was criticized for the exploit of military tactics.
A group of eight Democrats in the House of Representatives wrote on Monday to Pam Bondi General Prosecutor and the Secretary of Internal Security Kristi Noem, calling for the investigation into this raid.
The members were: a member of the ranking of the Bennie Thompson from Mississippi, a member of the ranking of the Jamie Rascin committee from Maryland, J. Luis Correa from California, Pramila Jayapal from Washington, Shri Thandar from Michigan, Mary Gay Scanlon from Pennsylvania and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and Delia Ramiąz and a “chuy” Garcia with Illinois.
“We write to express our indignation because of an immigration raid,” they wrote. “Treating an American city like the war zones is not tolerated.”
