AWESOME: Texas National Guard Arrives in Illinois!

Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed around 200 Texas National Guard to Illinois!

The troops will be there for at least 60 days and support federal agents as they crack down on illegal immigration and crime.

Take a look:

The deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois comes as anti-ICE protestors have clashed with agents in recent days.

Fox News has more:

Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday to protect federal personnel and property amid anti-immigration protests, the Pentagon confirmed.

A Pentagon official said 200 guardsmen were mobilized for an initial 60-day period.

Troops arrived in Illinois “in support of the Federal Protection Mission to protect federal functions, personnel, and property,” according to a Pentagon statement.

About a dozen people have been arrested near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, where anti-immigration crowds have been gathering for days.

After refusing to help his citizens himself, Illinois Gov. Pritzker tried to stop Gov. Abbott from sending National Guardsmen from Texas.

Gov. Abbott basically told him to go kick rocks!

Earlier today, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson criticized the deployment of the National Guard as “illegal” and “unconstitutional” as lawsuits were filed to prevent it.

And yet, it’s happening anyways!

From ABC News:

Pritzker said at a news conference on Monday that over the weekend, he called on Abbott “to immediately withdraw his support of this decision” to send the Texas National Guard members to Chicago.

Earlier Tuesday, Abbott had replied to Pritzker on social media, saying, “I fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officials.”

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During a news conference on Tuesday morning, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he had not received no advance information on the whereabouts of the Texas National Guard troops.

“We have not heard directly, of course, from the president or his administration and my expectation is that, regardless of what this administration is doing, I’m going to remain firm and committed to protecting the rights and the civility of our nation and will start right here in Chicago,” Johnson said.

“We do know that much like what we’ve seen in other parts of the country, there is a process that the National Guard goes through before they’re actually released into the streets of Chicago or anywhere,” Johnson added.

Johnson said that what he does know is that the deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago is “illegal, unconstitutional, it’s dangerous, it’s wrong.”

The state of Illinois and city of Chicago filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block the federalization and deployment of the National Guard.

Here are some more photos from the troops’ arrival:

This is epic.

Way to go, Texas!

Although, some of these guys might need a chat with Hegseth….