Well, today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said 5,000 National Guard members have also been deployed throughout that state ahead of planned protests.

Several mayors are pushing back on that move, including San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg.

I spoke with him earlier today.

Mayor Nirenberg, welcome to the News Hour.

How would you characterize what unfolded in San Antonio last night?

What did you see and what did it signal to you?

It was a peaceful demonstration in opposition to very cruel and inhumane ways that the Trump administration is carrying out its interpretations of immigration law.

Once again, San Antonio has demonstrated that we have a long tradition of peaceful demonstrations

and protests in support of human rights and civil rights.

And it was there last night.

And it was also monitored and supported in people exercising their First Amendment rights by our San Antonio Police Department, which does a great job in supporting people's right to assemble.

Governor Abbott says the decision to send in the National Guard will allow for what he called a more robust response.

Do you agree?

Well, we don't need the National Guard. We know how to handle these kinds of protests and demonstrations. We have a long

history of that. We didn't ask for the Guard. We weren't notified about it. My hope is that

DPS and the San Antonio Police Department will remain coordinated. But in my estimation,

this kind of anticipatory show of force only feeds into the people that want to escalate

tensions. And that's not the goal if our effort is to protect public safety. And how does that

complicate your job as mayor?

Well, number one, this nation and our democracy is founded on the right to exercise speech

and to assemble and to oppose dictatorial law or dictatorial rule.

And that's what people are doing here in the street of San Antonio and so many other places.

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