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National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities
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National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities

  • By ERIN HOOLEY and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press

National Guard members from Texas are at an Army Reserve center in Illinois. It's the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration's plan to deploy troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. The Associated Press saw military personnel in uniforms with the Texas National Guard patch at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood in the far southwestern suburbs of Chicago. On Monday, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted a picture on social media showing National Guard members from his state boarding a plane, but he didn't specify where they were going.

Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty
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Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty

  • By TARA COPP Associated Press

The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles to respond to protests against immigration raids has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty. That's according to two U.S. officials speaking to The Associated Press on Monday. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 800 active duty Marines against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom in early June to respond to a series of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details not yet announced publicly.