Overview

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Texas Guard personnel have arrived in Illinois and are undergoing specialized training.
• President Donald Trump directed 300 National Guard troops to Chicago as part of a federal anti-crime push.
• Illinois filed suit on October 6 challenging the deployment, with a hearing set for October 9 after a court declined to block the troops in the interim.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker warned they will leave the National Governors Association unless it opposes such federal actions.
• Protests were reported in Chicago, and coverage cited armed Border Patrol officers using substances resembling chemical irritants against some demonstrators.