EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A military transport plane carrying Texas National Guard soldiers left Fort Bliss on Monday evening, Oct. 6 and is heading to Illinois at the request of the Trump Administration, according to CNN.
The troops are headed to Illinois following a Trump Administration order of troops to conduct operations in Chicago, a law-enforcement source familiar with the operations told CNN.
As part of the deployment, a Globemaster C-17 transport plane left Fort Bliss and headed to Illinois, CNN reported.
Earlier Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted a photo of Texas guard members carrying riot gear boarding a military transport plane.
Fort Bliss has told KTSM that it is supporting 1,700 soldiers from around the country who deployed to Fort Bliss to support the federal government’s border mission.
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