CHICAGO—Members of the Texas National Guard have arrived in Illinois following their deployment by President Donald Trump.
Texas National Guardsmen Arrive in Illinois After Mobilization by Trump
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democrats have opposed the president’s deployment of National Guard to Chicago, America’s third-largest city.

A Texas Army National Guard member stands guard at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Ill., after being deployed as part of the federal response to ongoing immigration enforcement operations, on Oct. 7, 2025. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
Joseph Lord is a congressional reporter for The Epoch Times.
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