Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge April Perry blocked National Guard troops from protecting federal personnel and ICE personnel amid violent protests in Chicago.

Although an appeals court later upheld his bombshell move, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn it. 

Solicitor general says ruling puts "federal personnel and property at risk"

According to Fox News, that request came in the form submitted to America's highest judicial body by Solicitor General D. John Sauer late last week.

Sauer maintained in his emergency filing that the district court's decision "intrudes on the president’s authority and needlessly puts federal personnel and property at risk."

He highlighted the "disturbing and recurring pattern" ICE agents being met with "prolonged, coordinated, violent resistance that threatens their lives and safety and systematically interferes with their ability to enforce federal law."

Sauer insisted that this "resistance succeeds to an alarming degree in its aim of obstructing federal agents from enforcing federal immigration law."

Sauer points to "tepid support from local forces"

"Federal agents are forced to desperately scramble to protect themselves and federal property, allocating resources away from their law enforcement mission to conduct protective operations instead," Sauer pointed out.

"Receiving tepid support from local forces, they are often left to fend for themselves in the face of violent, hostile mobs," the solicitor general pointed out.

"Confronted with intolerable risks of harm to federal agents and coordinated, violent opposition to the enforcement of federal law, the president lawfully determines that he is unable to enforce the laws of the United States with the regular forces and calls up the National Guard to defend federal personnel, property and functions in the face of ongoing violence," he added.

Fox News noted that the Supreme Court has given opponents of Trump's National Guard deployment until 5:00 p.m. on Monday to respond.

Governor accuses Trump of "trying to invade Illinois"

Meanwhile, Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker reacted to Sauer's filing with a defiant social media post on Friday afternoon.

Donald Trump will keep trying to invade Illinois with troops — and we will keep defending the sovereignty of our state.

Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy.

What will come next? https://t.co/EnsRvmzmJC

— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) October 17, 2025

"Donald Trump will keep trying to invade Illinois with troops — and we will keep defending the sovereignty of our state," Pritzker stated.

"Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy," the governor alleged.