A federal appeals court on Oct. 16 rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court ruling from last week that temporarily prevents the president from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois during his appeal.
The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based out of Chicago, said it lacked evidence that federal law enforcement has been unable to enforce U.S. immigration laws. Their ruling allows an Oct. 9 temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge April Perry in Chicago, blocking National Guard deployment, to stay in place.
