Federal Judge to Extend Block on Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Chicago

Illinois, Chicago, and the federal government have agreed to the extension while they wait for the Supreme Court to weigh in.

People march to protest the arrival of the Texas National Guard and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in downtown Chicago on Oct. 8, 2025. Octavio Jones/AFP

A federal judge in Chicago on Oct. 22  said she would extend her order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in the Windy City while awaiting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the dispute.

The plaintiffs—the state of Illinois and city of Chicago—filed a lawsuit on Oct. 6 after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth invoked Section 12406 of Title 10 of the U.S. Code to federalize up to 300 members of the Illinois National Guard and up to 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployment in Chicago.