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Texas National Guard members stage outside Chicago as part of Trump troop deployment

By Ross O'Keefe
Published October 7, 2025 8:29pm ET
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Members of the Texas National Guard have been spotted at an Army Reserve center in Elwood, Illinois, about 55 miles away from Chicago.

The soldiers were getting settled there after President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago and to other Democrat-led cities.

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