After weeks of threats from President Donald Trump to deploy military troops into Illinois over the vehement objections of Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democratic leaders, Texas National Guard members arrived early Tuesday at a southwest suburban military training site ahead of an operation to protect federal immigration agents and facilities.

Local government officials confirmed the Texas National Guard’s arrival and said communication channels had been opened between their office and the Guard. Sun-Times journalists saw troops moving between mobile barracks staged at the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, about 50 miles outside of Chicago.

Gov. JB Pritzker told the Sun-Times the Texas National Guard is using the federal Joliet area facility because he has not allowed them to

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