"It began in October, when Trump deployed members of the Illinois and Texas National Guards to Chicago to help out with Operation Midway Blitz, an immigration enforcement initiative. The president claimed that both residents and local law enforcement were obstructing the operation, necessitating federalization of the Guard. He ordered guardsmen to protect ICE and CBP as they engaged in a campaign of brutality and terror against Latino communities."
"By a 6-3 vote, the court held that Trump's federalization of the Guard was likely unlawful, with the majority severely restricting the president's broader authority to deploy troops for domestic law enforcement. The decision constitutes a significant setback for the administration's efforts to flood blue cities with guardsmen; it also arguably marks Trump's biggest Supreme Court defeat since his return to office, with major implications for other aspects of his agenda that go beyond the conservative legal movement's longstanding priorities."
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the federalization of the National Guard to assist immigration agents in Chicago was likely unlawful, substantially narrowing the president's authority to deploy troops for domestic law enforcement. The deployment began in October under Operation Midway Blitz, when the administration sent Illinois and Texas guardsmen to protect ICE and CBP, alleging obstruction by residents and local police. Chicago and Illinois sued, and lower courts found the federalization probably unlawful before the case reached the high court. The ruling represents a major setback for administration plans to use guardsmen in Democratic cities and raises federal-state authority tensions.
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