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ACLU and Partners Urge Supreme Court to Maintain Block on Trump’s Deployment of Military Troops to Chicago

Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into Chicago and surrounding counties.

November 10, 2025

ACLU of Illinois Sounds Alarm About Risk to the Public After Another Example of Federal Agent Pointing a Weapon at Residents in Evanston

A photograph published in the November 1 Chicago Tribune shows a federal immigration officer pointing a gun at a crowd of onlookers in Evanston watching the enforcement activities.

November 2, 2025

Illinois General Assembly passes Medical Aid in Dying Legislation

This measure allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live the option of obtaining a prescription medication that they can decide to take so that they can die peacefully and end their suffering.

October 31, 2025

Federal Court Asked to Address Inhumane Conditions Experienced by Those Held at Broadview ICE Facility

By blocking access to detainees inside Broadview, Defendants have created a black box in which to disappear people from the U.S. court and immigration systems.

October 31, 2025

Press, Religious Leaders, and Demonstrators Seek Preliminary Injunction to Stop Federal Officers from Violating Constitutional Rights in Illinois

Following a federal judge’s questioning of DHS officials over apparent violations of her restraining order, plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint saying DHS forces “have escalated and expanded their suppression of speech and journalism.”

October 22, 2025

ACLU of Illinois Applauds Court Decision Blocking President Trump’s Plan for Federalizing and Deploying National Guard to Illinois

U.S. District Court Judge April Perry blocked the federalizing and deploying of National Guard to Illinois over the objection of the Governor.

October 10, 2025