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Federal judge partially grants temporary restraining order on troop deployments in Illinois
A federal judge ruled Thursday to partially grant a temporary restraining order on the deployment of National Guard troops from any U.S. state in Illinois.
The judge who was reading her ruling Thursday evening has cited several points as her reasoning with siding with lawyers for the state of Illinois. She says DHS' own internal communications seem to say that local law enforcement is doing a good enough job security the area outside the Broadview facility. She also cites the decision by federal prosecutors to drop charges against four protesters arrested at the site. She says that casts doubt on the credibility of DHS to ask for more protection.
--A spokesperson for the Village of Broadview said three vans carrying about 45 Texas National Guard soldiers arrived on Wednesday night.
"We let them sleep undisturbed. We hope that they will extend the same courtesy in the coming days to Broadview residents who deserve a good night's sleep, too," the spokesperson said.

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It seems that last night forty-five Texas Guard arrived at the Chicago Suburb of Broadview's ICE Processing Center, where the Village of Broadview allowed them peaceful ingress into the Center.
However today, as in Portland, a local District Federal Judge put a restraining order on the troops, disallowing their deployment.
The restraining order was issued a little over an hour ago, seemingly making the Guard Broadview deployment non-judicial. I'm not aware of a response from Broadview or the Illinois State Police (who jointly control the immediate area), as to what will occur if the now illegally deployed Guard attempt to leave the building and enter the public civilian policed area.
In addition the Judge is allowing the protestors to protest on the sidewalks directly around the Broadview facility. This is in contrast to ICE currently forcing the protestors across the street, having taken over the street - blocking pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
ICE had unilaterally built a fence enclosing the public municipal street, thereby impeding through traffic (particularly blocking emergency response services). This was a high point of contention with the Village.
The restraining order is for 14 days, when it's assumed the judge will further clarify or make a permanent ruling.
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