Texas governor applauds move to deploy 400 National Guard members from his state to Illinois, Oregon and other states.Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has slammed what he called Donald Trump’s “invasion,” saying the United States president had ordered an additional 400 National Guard members from Texas to be deployed to Illinois, Oregon and “other states”.“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate,” he said on X Sunday evening. “There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTexas Governor Greg Abbott responded by saying he “fully authorised” Trump’s deployment of his state’s National Guard soldiers to other states.“You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it,” Abbott said in a post on X.The Texas National Guard “defend our country with pride”, Abbott added.The exchange between the Republican leader of Texas and the Democrat of Illinois comes as immigrants and US citizens in the state’s capital, Chicago, have faced mass arrests in recent days from federal immigration agents, prompting protests.In one incident last week, federal agents “rappelled from Black Hawk helicopters” as they stormed a five-storey apartment building, according to a report in NewsNation, which was invited to observe the operat …
