Hundreds of National Guard troops, including 300 from Illinois and 400 from Texas, are being called into service in the coming days, Illinois Gov. JB Prizker and the White House confirmed Sunday night.

Pritzker said late Sunday he was told the troops from Texas will be sent to Illinois, Portland and other locations. He had received word Saturday that 300 troops from Illinois were being mobilized.

Details of the deployments were revealed in memos sent Saturday from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to officials with the Illinois and Texas National Guards and reported on by NPR and Politico.

The troops will be stationed “in places where there are violent demonstrations in the state, or where they’re likely to occur based on current threat assessments,” one memo states.

The memo said plannin

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