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.
The unsigned 6-3 order is at least a temporary setback for the Trump administration, which argued in court that the troops were needed to quell unrest in the Chicago area that it said was obstructing federal immigration officials from doing their jobs.
President Donald Trump's plans to deploy National Guard troops to other Democratic-led areas have also drawn legal challenges. While the court's order affects only Illinois, it sets a limit on the president's authority as Trump has assumed an expansive view of federal power for pursuing his hardline approach to immigration.
Three of the court's conservative justices joined its liberal wing in determining that the Trump administration did not have legal authority to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago and surrounding areas.
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