The preliminary order barred the Trump administration from directing a state-based military force to the Chicago area, where an immigration enforcement drive had triggered arrests and confrontations between residents and federal authorities.

The US Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown on Tuesday by blocking his deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday halted President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, dealing a setback to his immigration crackdown and raising fresh questions about the…

President Trump ordered state-based troops to Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Washington; and Chicago over the objections of state and local officials.

Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Illinois over the objection of local officials.

Mr Trump and his allies have described Democratic-led cities as lawless and crime-ravaged. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday (Dec 23) refused to allow President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops to the Chicago area, dealing a rare setback to his administration as it expands the u

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send National Guard troops to the Chicago area as the Republican president expands the use of the military for domestic purposes in a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions, a ‌policy critics call an effort to punish adversaries and stifle…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area for immigration operations.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, leaving in place a lower-court order.

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 - The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send National Guard troops to the Chicago area as the Republican president expands the use of the military for domestic purposes in a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions, a policy critics call an effort to punish adversaries and stifle dissent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to let Donald Trump send National Guard troops to ​the Chicago area as the Republican ‌president expands the use of the military for domestic purposes in a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions, ‌a policy critics call an effort to punish adversaries and stifle dissent.

The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed the Trump administration over its plan to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois over the strenuous objections of local officials. The court in an unsigned order turned away an emergency request made by the administration, which said the troops are needed to protect federal agents involved in immigration enforcement in the Chicago area. Although the decision is a preliminary one involving only Chicago, it will likely bolster similar challenges made to National Guard deployments in other cities, with the opinion setting significant new limits on the president's ability to do so. "This is an important step in curbing the Trump Administration’s consistent abuse of power and slowing Trump’s march toward authoritarianism," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said in a statement Tuesday. The decision marked a rare defeat for President Donald Trump at the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, after the administration secured a series of high-profile…