President Trump is sending 400 Texas National Guard troops to Illinois, Oregon, and other states as anti-ICE protests intensify, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Sunday night.
The Democrat governor blasted the move as an “invasion” after Trump earlier mobilized 300 California National Guard members to Portland, where clashes outside an immigration detention center have stretched past 100 days — and spread to Chicago since September.
Pritzker said the deployment defies his wishes. “Federal officials haven’t reached out to coordinate or even discuss this plan,” he said.
“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion,” the governor said in a post on X, encouraging “every American to speak up and help stop this madness.”
“It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will not involve sending in another state’s military troops. I call on [Texas] Governor [Greg] Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate.”
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) October 6, 2025
From The New York Post:
A violent wave of anti-ICE protests has intensified in the Windy City since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month launched “Operation Midway Blitz,” an initiative aimed at targeting criminal illegal immigrants who feds say flocked to Chicago to seek protection under the state’s “sanctuary policies.”
The immigration enforcement operation has drawn pushback from Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other prominent local Democrats.
But despite their objections, demonstrations have escalated in recent days, with protesters using vehicles to attack ICE agents in the Chicago area, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said agents were targeted twice in such a manner one day earlier this week.
US Border Patrol agents patrolling Chicago’s South Side on Saturday also opened fire and wounded a woman — later found to be armed — after an angry mob attempted to attack the federal officers.
Recently, conservative podcaster and reporter Benny Johnson rode with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem through Chicago to get an idea of what ICE agents are facing on the ground.
I rode with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE on intense raids across left-wing violence ridden Chicago.
From tunnels under Trump Tower to the most targeted ICE facility, we faced violent Antifa, chaos, and criminals on the run.
It was insane. Watch: pic.twitter.com/QvL09gIhst
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 6, 2025
More over at The New York Post:
Trump to send 400 Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as anti-ICE protests continue to rage: Pritzker https://t.co/sGbx3hSoIC pic.twitter.com/dMATMvLd8m
— New York Post (@nypost) October 6, 2025
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