Illinois, National Guard and Texas Military Forces
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An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.
The Texas National Guard sent home seven soldiers whose fitness levels seemingly “did not meet mission requirements” for their deployment to Illinois, a Texas Military Department spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
Texas National Guard deploys to Illinois to protect ICE officers after surge in attacks, as Tom Homan warns anti-ICE rhetoric fueling violence.
The arrival of Texas National Guard troops came ahead of a Thursday hearing in Illinois’s lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from deploying into the state.
Gov. JB Pritzker said he has learned that likely hundreds of National Guard members from Texas were preparing to be sent to Illinois as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to deploy 300 Illinois