{"id":61743,"date":"2025-11-23T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/61743\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T14:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:51:12","slug":"texas-national-guard-troops-to-return-from-illinois-before-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/61743\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas National Guard troops to return from Illinois before Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Texas Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/greg-abbott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Greg Abbott<\/a> said Saturday that Texas National Guard troops will return home before Thanksgiving after they were deployed to Illinois last month to support federal immigration agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;They\u2019ve already been ordered to return before Thanksgiving,&#8221; Abbott told Nexstar.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops were sent to Illinois on Oct. 7 after Abbott authorized their deployment to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and buildings amid protests against federal raids targeting illegal immigrants in Chicago and other Illinois cities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pritzker-says-trump-ordering-400-members-texas-national-guard-illinois-oregon-other-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PRITZKER SAYS TRUMP ORDERING 400 MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD TO ILLINOIS, OREGON AND OTHER LOCATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/national-guard-illinois-fox-news.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Texas National Guard gather at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Illinois.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Texas National Guard troops assembled at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Illinois. (Brian Cassella\/Chicago Tribune\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted Abbott&#8217;s deployment, calling it an &#8220;invasion&#8221; and urging the Texas governor to withdraw the troops.<\/p>\n<p>It is unusual for a governor to deploy the National Guard to another state without an invitation from that state&#8217;s governor. Democrat officials have argued that such a deployment is unconstitutional and violates state sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/national-guard-in-illinois.jpg\" alt=\"Texas National Guard personnel seen standing near Chicago\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Texas National Guard troops were sent to Illinois on Oct. 7. (AP\/Laura Bargfeld)<\/p>\n<p>A legal battle over the deployment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">troops to Chicago<\/a> prompted a federal court to rule that the troops could not be activated, but could remain in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The case was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/judiciary\/appeals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a>, which has not yet issued its ruling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/texas-national-guard-members-removed-from-60-day-illinois-deployment-failing-mission-requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS REMOVED FROM 60-DAY ILLINOIS DEPLOYMENT FOR FAILING &#8216;MISSION REQUIREMENTS&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763909472_333_abbott-texas.png\" alt=\"Gov. Greg Abbott\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott&#8217;s deployment, calling it an &#8220;invasion.&#8221; (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the court ruling, the Texas National Guard never performed active duties beyond securing their base at a U.S. Army Reserve training center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Gov. 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