The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the president can federalize the National Guard in Illinois, but not deploy it there, at least until the outcome of a lawsuit filed by Governor Jay Robert Pritzker against the federal government appealing the deployment of troops in his state.

The Democratic president refuses to accept any deployment of National Guard members to take control of security under the pretext that crime and violence levels have overwhelmed local authorities.

In response, this Saturday the aforementioned Court of Appeals agreed that National Guard troops in Illinois can remain under federal control, but must temporarily pause their deployment there.

“The effect of granting an administrative stay preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed.

National Guard members do not need to return to their home states unless ordered to do so by a court,” reads part of the order issued by a three-judge panel.

Since Wednesday night, nearly 300 members of the federal Illinois National Guard and about 200 soldiers from Texas have been deployed to the Chicago area. However, neither will be able to fulfill the mission assigned to them from Washington, at least for now.