Deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois remains blocked Saturday after the federal appeals court in Chicago met the Trump administration halfway.

The administration late Friday asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay the effect of a ruling handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge April Perry. She had blocked the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois.”

Justice Department lawyers then asked the appeals court to intervene. In a one-page order Saturday, the court halted Perry’s ruling only when it came to the federalization of the National Guard. However, it left untouched the portion of Perry’s ruling blocking deployment of the National Guard.

“Members of the National Guar

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