AUSTIN (KXAN) — Members of the Texas National Guard have touched down in Chicago as part of a federal operation. The troops, now under the direction of President Donald Trump, were sent by Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, to protect federal employees.

This comes after President Trump deployed federal troops to Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, in a bid to reduce violent crime.

"(They) need to own up to the fact that they are not doing their job to maintain the safety and security of federal officials who are required to enforce federal law in their city and in their state," Abbott told Fox News Tuesday.

Legal experts told KXAN that Illinois officials have not approved the deployment, which makes it unprecedented

"I am not aware of a situation where the National Guard has been deployed under t

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