Overview

• About 200 Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday to assist federal immigration authorities, drawing denunciations from Illinois Democrats and local residents who call the move unlawful.
• Kevin Stitt, the Republican governor of Oklahoma and chair of the National Governors Association, publicly criticized the interstate deployment on federalist grounds and is the first known GOP governor to do so.
• Stitt said he supports President Donald Trump’s goal of restoring law and order but argued the president should have federalized forces operating in Illinois before asking Texas to send troops.
• He noted that Trump authorized 300 Illinois Guard members to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, which he emphasized is not the same as federalization.
• Stitt said he expects to raise the issue with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott when they meet Saturday in Dallas and added he would send Oklahoma troops to the southern border at Abbott’s request.