Texas National Guard Troops Ordered to Return Home This Week, Governor Says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that the Texas National Guard troops deployed to Illinois weeks ago have been told to return to their home state this week. During an event on Saturday, Abbott told reporters with local news outlets that “they’ve already been ordered to return before Thanksgiving,” referring to the National Guard troops who were deployed in October to Illinois. Thanksgiving is on Thursday, Nov. 27, meaning the troops would be back before that date. Starting on Oct. 7, the Republican governor ordered hundreds of state National Guard troops to Illinois to protect federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents amid protests as the agents carry out immigration operations in the greater Chicago area....