A judge ruled on Saturday that National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump to combat crime can remain in the state but can’t patrol or deploy to protect federal property. 

The Trump administration had requested an emergency stay after U.S. District Judge April Perry on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago and across Illinois for at least two weeks. 

Perry said there was no evidence of a “danger of rebellion” in the state as Trump has suggested he may invoke the Insurrection Act, which would mean the federal government could send troops to states that defy federal laws or don’t put down an insurrection. 

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“I’d do it if it was necessary. So far it hasn’t been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday. 

The Insurrection Act was last invoked in 1992 during the LA riots. 

“There has been no showing that the civil power has failed,” Perry said. “The agitators who have violated the law by attacking federal authorities have been arrested. The courts are open, and the marshals are ready to see that any sentences of imprisonment are carried out. Resort to the military to execute the laws is not called for.”

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A protester wearing an American flag face-covering stands opposite Cook County Sheriffs outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill., on Saturday.  (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

She added, “Not even Alexander Hamilton could have envisioned one state’s militia to be used against another state’s residents because the President wants to punish those with views other than his own.”

On Saturday, the federal judge, in granting a temporary restraining order, blocking the deployment of troops until further arguments can be heard, wrote, “Members of the National Guard do not need to return to their home states unless further ordered by a court to do so,” according to the court order obtained by Fox News Digital. 

A judge ruled on Saturday that National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can remain but can’t patrol or deploy to protect federal property. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Along with Chicago, Trump has also sent federal troops to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

(WIFR) – Medical students become farmers for a day at University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford’s “No Harm on the Farm.”

The event is meant to show the health and safety risks associated with modern agriculture.

Taylor Main-White is one of 23 students who toured Scheidairy and Mark Bakers farms Friday.

She has spent most of her life on a farm and that encouraged her to join UIC Medicine-Rockford’s Rural Medical Education Program.

“I saw at a very young age kind of how the disparities in rural health community’s work. They can’t get access to doctors or specialists’ things like that,” said Main-White.

“No Harm on the Farm” has been around for 19 years. At the Scheidairy farm students went through barns to learn about the day-to-day risks of being a farmer.

“Everything from hearing loss to exposure to chemicals and pesticides to working with livestock that may weigh 1,500 to 1,800 pounds to working with equipment that has a lot of moving parts,” said Mark Meurer, associate Director of Recruitment for RMED.

Between 2021-2022, there were 21,020 injuries in agricultural production that required employees to take days away from work according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scheidairy has been a part of the initiative since the beginning. Farmer Dan Scheider says it’s beyond important for students to experience a day on the farm to understand the profession and injuries that can occur.

“We work hard to provide relevant information about health and farming and how the two intersect,” said Scheider.

Experts say knowing how to prevent and treat injury and disease on the farm means a safer and more productive rural America.

One of the exercises students experienced included a grain bin entrapment/rescue demonstrations led by Mark Baker, founder of Stateline Farm Rescue Simulations and Demonstrations.

Meurer says no other program teaches students like RMED.

“Students love to do things with their hands. They love to do clinical things they love to do things where they are actually hands on in a learning environment,” said Meurer.

Main-White agrees and says everyone, no matter their profession, should experience a day like this.

“Usually everybody interacts with agriculture in one way or another, and so learning these safety things can really save someone’s life,” said Main-White.

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