Lyn Dockter-Pinnick works with the League of Women Voters of the Red River Valley and several other groups. She says protesters include farmers worried about tariffs, international students not knowing if they will be allowed to go to school, and people upset about recent cuts to the VA.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday he would be deploying over 5,000 Texas National Guard members across the state in anticipation of Saturday’s protests, according to the Texas Tribune. Roughly 2,500 of those were diverted from Operation Lone Star border assignments, according to the Austin American-Statesman.