Three states to send hundreds of National Guard troops
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The move comes as the Trump Administration has deployed the DC National Guard in the city and taken control of the city's police.
Trump’s order comes after he federalized California National Guard troops and sent hundreds of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles in June.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.
President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.
Within the last 24 hours, Guardsmen arrived and were out on missions in DC, assisting law enforcement in the nation's capital beginning Tuesday evening.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force as he continues his efforts to ramp-up crime enforcement in the nation's capital.