So a shitload of Texas NG members were stuck in shitty conditions along the border, expected to act as Border Patrol/ICE (while getting paid less and being taken away from jobs, college, family, etc.) and now 400 are going to be in Chicago in the winter, again, getting paid less (and away from family, college, jobs, etc.).
Going to do wonders for retention and recruitment.
One of our neighbors who is in the NG said if he is forced to go up there, he's going to use it a chance to job hunt and interview and see what the market is offering. He wasn't joking around. Granted, he's got 20+ years in, had a solid military career, has a solid civilian career (he could work in any large city - and Portland and Chicago fit the bill for him), and his youngest is about to graduate high school. He's made it abundantly clear that he is going to bail on the Texas NG as soon as the right opportunity presents itself (and may even go back to active duty if he can get things to line up with his future plans). He's at Mabry for his NG commitments, so he's probably pretty clued in on what's happening.
I imagine that a lot of members who are not in as good of a position as he is, are even more ready to bail - this shit is fucking with their schooling/civilian careers, all to try and help Abbott get noticed by Trump (won't happen).