Trump asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Illinois

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld the decision as to the deployment of service members, but allowed the Guard to remain under federal service while legal proceedings continue.
50% : Trump had threatened for weeks to mobilize the National Guard within Illinois amid confrontations outside a processing facility for immigrant detainees in Broadview, a suburb of Chicago.
49% : Trump administration has argued that demonstrations in some cities, including outside of Chicago, satisfy those conditions, allowing the president to exercise his authority under Title 10.
40% : Mr. Trump has invoked a law known as Title 10 to federalize National Guard troops to protect immigration personnel and government facilities in several cities, where protests have sprung up in response to the administration's immigration agenda.
40% : In its decision Thursday, a unanimous panel of judges maintained that posture, finding "the facts do not justify" Mr. Trump's actions in Illinois."The spirited, sustained, and occasionally violent actions of demonstrators in protest of the federal government's immigration policies and actions, without more, does not give rise to a danger of rebellion against the government's authority," the judges wrote in an unsigned ruling.
36% : The administration has also said that violence targeting federal authorities and property in Illinois in recent weeks constitutes a "rebellion or danger of rebellion.
36% : "Pritzker wrote Friday on X that Illinois "will keep defending the sovereignty of our state."The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued over the federalization of National Guard members, arguing that the directives are unlawful.
31% : Mr. Trump has also sent National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, D.C., and has threatened to deploy members to cities including Baltimore and San Francisco.

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