Texas troops just touched down — in Illinois.
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday that 200 Texas National Guard troops have arrived to protect federal personnel and property amid escalating anti-immigration protests near Chicago.
Officials said the deployment will last an initial 60 days as part of a “Federal Protection Mission” aimed at safeguarding government facilities and staff.
Tensions have been rising outside an ICE facility in Broadview, where protests have led to at least a dozen arrests over several days.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Saturday that more special operations personnel would be sent to Illinois after federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 vehicles during an earlier confrontation.
Fox News cameras later captured troops stationed at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, just south of Joliet.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated the move, posting on X that service members are “on the ground and ready to go.”
“They are putting America first by ensuring that the federal government can safely enforce federal law,” Abbott wrote.
But Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blasted the deployment as “illegal, unconstitutional, dangerous, and wrong.”
In response, Johnson signed an executive order creating “ICE-free zones,” barring immigration agents from using city-owned property for enforcement operations.
“The Trump administration must end the war on Chicago,” Johnson said Monday. “The Trump administration must end this war against Americans… this attempt to dismantle our democracy.”
Meanwhile, the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA) has announced an emergency protest in downtown Chicago for Wednesday afternoon.
The border fight just moved north — and it’s landing right in the middle of America’s heartland.
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