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Editor's Note: The supra video is from a June 10, 2025, quality league regarding the Austin anti-ICE protest.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday night, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said helium would deploy the Texas National Guard to locations crossed the state.
In a social media post, Abbott said the deployment was to “ensure bid & order.”
Abbott said the Texas National Guard would assistance instrumentality enforcement support order.
“Peaceful protestation is legal,” Abbott said. “Harming a idiosyncratic oregon spot is amerciable & volition pb to arrest.”
On Wednesday morning, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson confirmed: "The City of Austin has been notified that the National Guard volition beryllium prepared to assistance the Texas Department of Public Safety connected Saturday, if deemed necessary."
The San Antonio Police Department besides confirmed Abbott sent members of the National Guard to San Antonio; however, it did not supply immoderate further details astir the deployment.
NewsNation affiliate KXAN reached retired to Abbott’s bureau earlier the announcement. Andrew Mahaleris, Press Secretary astatine the Office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, provided the pursuing statement.
“The State of Texas stands acceptable to deploy each indispensable unit and resources to uphold instrumentality and bid crossed our state. Texas National Guard soldiers are connected standby successful areas wherever wide demonstrations are planned successful lawsuit they are needed,” Mahaleris said. “Peaceful protests are portion of the cloth of our nation, but Texas volition not tolerate the lawlessness we person seen successful Los Angeles. Anyone engaging successful acts of unit oregon damaging spot volition beryllium swiftly held accountable to the afloat grade of the law.”
