Abbott said in a statement that he has sent more than 2 thousand agents of the Texas Public Security Department (DPS) and more than 5,000 National Guard soldiers of Texas in response to the protests called this week in against United States immigration policythat emulate what happened in Los Angeles (California).
“Pacific protests are part of the social fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the anarchy we have seen in Los Angeles In response to the application of the Immigration Law by President Donald Trump, ”Abbott said in the statement.
The Republican governor warned that anyone who participates in acts of violence or property damage will be arrested and will accounts with the entire weight of the law. “They do not mess with Texas, or with the forces of the order of Texas.”
The deployment converts Texas in the second state of the country, after Californiawhere they have eNvieia of the National Guard to respond to protests Against the Campaign of Repeats and Deportations of the Government of Donald Trump.
However, California deployment did not have the authorization of the governor of that stateDemocrat Gavin Newsom.
The American president ordered the use of California troops, in a fact that did not happen 60 years agowhich maintains a judicial pulse between the US Executive and California, the most populous state in the country and considered the fourth economy of the world.
Although demonstrations have been registered against the raids, the Texans are preparing demonstrations in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio As part of the National Movement “No Kings” (without kings) To demonstrate against Trump’s celebration of his 79th birthday with a controversial military parade.