Texas governor applauds move to deploy 400 National Guard members from his state to Illinois, Oregon and other states.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has slammed what he called Donald Trump’s “invasion,” saying the United States president had ordered an additional 400 National Guard members from Texas to be deployed to Illinois, Oregon and “other states”.

“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate,” he said on X Sunday evening.

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