National Guard troops from 4 states begin arriving in DC
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Tennessee has sent 160 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump and the White House continue to push their crime fighting directive.
Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Monday that three guard members in Sioux Falls and three in Rapid City have begun to document and process ICE arrest information, which Rhoden said will let immigration agents stay in the field in search of migrants eligible for deportation.
Crime is out of control there, and it’s clear something must be done to combat it,” Mississippi’s governor said.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.
Three states are deploying hundreds more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the Trump administration. A White House official told CBS News the troops "may be armed," but they won't be making arrests.
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