National Guard troops were “employed” in the Chicago area early Thursday, according to a U.S. official, and Broadview officials said that apparently included a deployment to their village.

The Texas National Guard , which arrived in the area earlier this week, has been expected in Broadview and other locations but were not in plain view. Those troops were federalized by the administration following a series of intense confrontations between protesters and federal immigration enforcement officers taking part in “Operation Midway Blitz,” the mass deportation mission being carried out in Chicago and the suburbs.

A spokesman for U.S. Northern Command, overseeing the National Guard deployments , would not say Thursday morning whether the troops have actually been deployed to the streets in

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