CHICAGO, Oct. 10 -- A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked former US President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, marking another legal setback for his attempts to send military forces into Democratic-led cities.

US District Judge April Perry ruled that deploying Guard soldiers would "add fuel to the fire," rejecting government claims that troops were needed to control alleged unrest near a federal immigration facility in Broadview, Illinois.

The decision comes just five days after another judge halted Trump's Portland, Oregon deployment, though a federal appeals court in San Francisco signaled it may reverse that ruling, potentially reopening the door for federal troops to reenter the ci...