A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily prevented the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city.

Judge April Perry heard arguments Thursday from the federal government and the state of Illinois. The Trump administration has claimed that protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations amounted to insurrection. But Perry said the Department of Homeland Security’s “perceptions of events are simply unreliable.“

While reading her oral ruling, Perry said she has “seen no credible evidence that there is a danger of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.” Perry then issued a restraining order curtailing troop deployments.

“I find that allowing the National Guard to deploy at the Broadview processing center or anywhere else in Illinois will only ad

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