Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has slammed what he called Donald Trump’s “invasion,” saying the United States president had ordered an additional 400 National Guard members from Texas to be deployed to Illinois, Oregon and “other states”.

“I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate,” he said on X Sunday evening. “There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott responded by saying he “fully authorised” Trump’s deployment of his state’s National Guard soldiers to other states.

“You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it,” Abbott said in a post on X.

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