Texas to deploy thousands of National Guard troops
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More than 60 rallies are planned across Texas in a nationwide protest targeting the Trump administration. Thousands of people are expected to protest across Texas this weekend as part of a coordinated wave of protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has confirmed he is deploying the National Guard to cities throughout the state in anticipation of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson told the American-Statesman on Wednesday that ...
Missouri has joined Texas in preemptively activating the state's National Guard ahead of the "No Kings" protests planned at about 2,000 sites across the nation on June 14 against President Donald Trump. Both Republican-led states followed Trump's lead after he tapped the California National Guard to respond to protests in Los Angeles.
Demonstrations against the president's policies are planned across the nation to coincide with the event, which Trump enthusiastically pressed for