By Diana Novak Jones

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s request to put a hold on a court ruling that temporarily blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois while it appeals.

The ruling will allow a temporary restraining order against the deployment entered by U.S. District Judge April Perry in Chicago on October 9 to remain in place.

Perry had sided with Illinois, finding that immigration-related protests did not amount to a “rebellion” requiring National Guard intervention.

Perry had entered the temporary restraining order after hearing more than two hours of arguments from lawyers for the U.S. government and the state of Illinois, which sued the Trump administration over the deployment.

It is set to expire on Oc

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