(Chicago) Hundreds of National Guard troops sent to Chicago to support immigration police cannot be deployed there even if they can stay in the state of Illinois, a US appeals court ruled on Saturday.
This decision largely confirms the suspension announced Thursday by a federal judge of this mobilization ordered by President Donald Trump, as part of his mass expulsion campaign.
“It is ordered to grant the request aimed at obtaining an administrative stay concerning the federalization of the National Guard (which passes from the control of the State to that of the federal government, Editor’s note) and to reject it with regard to the deployment”, indicated the court of appeal.
The Trump administration had appealed the decision rendered Thursday by federal judge April Perry suspending for two weeks the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, a city run by Democrats.
This call was motivated according to the White House by the need to “protect federal agents and property” in Chicago, after demonstrations in front of immigration police buildings.
About 200 National Guardsmen from Texas (south) and 300 members of this reserve corps from Illinois were sent to Chicago, according to data from the US army.
The appeals court’s decision allows the deployment of troops to be suspended until it can hear further arguments.
