The Texas National Guard troops who've been moved into the Chicago area are temporarily barred from hitting the streets, thanks to a US appeals court ruling on Saturday.
The Guard troops are in the area to help protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and federal property from "ongoing violent riots and lawlessness," as a White House official described it to one news organization.
"President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities and we expect to be vindicated by a higher court," Trump administration spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Friday.
The appeals court on Saturday afternoon let stand a ruling from a lower court on Wednesday that partially blocked the troops from deployment by the President, the result of a lawsuit filed last Monday by the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago
In addition to the 200 Texas Guardsmen and women, there are 300 Illinois National Guard members who have been undergoing training and exercise at an immigration building in Chicago suburb of Broadview, according to Military.com.
The court said the matter should be settled in the next two weeks.