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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The Military Department's mission is to provide the president and the governor with "ready forces in support of state and federal authorities at home and abroad," according to TMD.
56% : But it can only be used under specific situations, such as when requested by a state or when "unlawful obstructions, combinations or assemblages or rebellion ... make it impracticable" to enforce federal laws.
55% : In a Fox News interview Monday night, Abbott said that the National Guard troops were being deployed to "safeguard" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
52% : The mission became a long-term domestic military deployment, as the governor surged thousands of troops to the 1,254 miles of border that Texas shares with Mexico.
51% : The Guard is one of two statewide agencies that entered into an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which grants it limited authority to enforce immigration laws during regular duties.
46% : Amid challenges against his use of the National Guard, Trump has also discussed invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 if necessary, which would allow the president to use the military for civilian law enforcement.
45% : Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers arrived in Illinois on Tuesday -- with the blessing of Gov. Greg Abbott -- to boost federal immigration authorities as the Trump administration doubled down on the midwestern state, despite fierce pushback from local residents and the state's Democratic leaders who have called the president's action unlawful.
40% : Additionally, a president can take control of troops to deploy them as the nation's top executive sees fit.
40% : "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. Trump's attempts to federalize some blue states' guards over their objections have, however, resulted in lawsuits.
34% : " The leveraging of soldiers to help Trump carry out his promised mass deportations of undocumented people echoes a vision the president laid out on the campaign trail, when he pitched an approach of using multiple levels of authority much like former President Dwight Eisenhower's infamous immigration crackdown.
28% : Guard members were accused of spying on migrants, started shooting would-be border crossers with pepper ball irritants and helped block federal immigration authorities from parts of the border -- dragging the Biden administration into court over a constitutional dispute as courts had long held that federal authorities have sole jurisdiction over the enforcement of immigration laws.
25% : The Trump administration over the last month has flooded Chicago with ICE agents who have been using increasingly aggressive methods to go after undocumented immigrants -- drawing sharp protests from local officials and advocates for immigrants' rights that in some instances has escalated to violent clashes on the streets.

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