Trump cannot deploy National Guards in Chicago, rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request to deploy National Guards in Chicago for immigration enforcement, upholding a lower court's ruling

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.

US President Donald Trump takes questions from journalists at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (AFP)

The justices declined the Republican administration’s emergency request to overturn a ruling by U.S. District Judge April Perry that had blocked the deployment of troops. An appeals court also had refused to step in. The Supreme Court took more than two months to act.

The high court order is not a final ruling but it could affect other lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in other Democratic-led cities.

The outcome is a rare Supreme Court setback for Trump, who had won repeated victories in emergency appeals since he took office again in January.