The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's plan to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois despite strong objections from local officials.

The court rejected an emergency request made by the administration, which said the troops are needed to protect federal agents involved in immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.

“Today, a Supreme Court that is receptive to broad claims of executive power has decisively ruled that the National Guard deployments, at least to the extent they were justified in the Illinois case, are illegal and cannot proceed,” he asserted.