National Guard troops stood at Union Station, days after being deployed in the city, as protesters gathered. (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead)
On Monday, governors from Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana announced they would also dispatch National Guard troops from their respective states. Mississippi pledged 200 troops, Tennessee said it would send 160 troops, and Louisiana said it would deploy 135 troops.
Additionally, South Carolina said it would dispatch 200 troops, and Ohio said it plans to deploy 150 to support Trump’s mission.
The states said that they were responding to requests from the Department of the Army to assist the D.C. National Guard.
"We have been asked by the Secretary of the Army to send 150 military police from the Ohio National Guard to support the District of Columbia National Guard," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said in a Saturday statement. "These Ohio National Guard members will carry out presence patrols and serve as added security. None of these military police members are currently serving as law enforcement officers in the state of Ohio."
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The National Guard ramped up its presence in the nation's capital this week, including dozens who stood guard outside D.C.'s Union Station. (Fox News Digital)
"By illegally declaring a takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its temporary, limited authority under the law," Washington Attorney General Brian Schwalb wrote in a Friday X post. "This is the gravest threat to Home Rule DC has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it."
Meanwhile, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser suggested that the Trump administration wasn’t interested in deploying troops to fight crime in the city, but rather, advance the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda.
"I think it makes the point that this is not about D.C. crime," Bowser said Sunday. "The focus should be on violent crime. ... Nobody is against focusing on driving down any level of violence. And so if this is really about immigration enforcement, the administration should make that plain."
Fox News’ Liz Friden and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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