Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has “surged” thousands of National Guard soldiers and state troopers to keep the peace prior to planned demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a news release said.
Statewide, Abbott deployed 5,000 National Guard members and more than 2,000 Department of Public Safety troopers to help local police maintain law and order, his office said, as organizers of the No Kings Day of Defiance were planning up to 1,800 protests nationwide to oppose ICE operations and the Trump administration.
“Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles in response to President Donald Trump’s enforcement of immigration law,” the governor said….