WASHINGTON (AP) – Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi State Guard will deploy a 200-person unit to Washington as part of a continuing federal police and immigration overhaul in the country’s capital.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Monday that around 200 Mississippi National Guard soldiers have approved the deployment of around 200 Mississippi National Guard soldiers to Washington, D.C.
“It’s clear that crime is out of control there and something has to be done to fight it,” Reeves said.
Mississippi joined three other states that have pledged to deploy hundreds of National Guard members in the country’s capital to intensify the Republican administration’s operations to overhaul policing in democratically-led cities through federal crackdowns on crime and homelessness.
West Virginia said it has deployed troops of between 300 and 400 people, South Carolina pledged 200 people, and Ohio said it will deploy a development built on the next 150 people, the president. Donald Trump’s Initial order of 800 National Guard deployed as part of the Federal intervention.
Trump’s executive order, which launched a federal operation, declared a “crime emergency” in the District of Columbia and launched a takeover. Police Station. The administration ordered local police to work with federal agents on immigration enforcement. This is an order that contradicts the local laws that prohibit such cooperation.
“D.C. is under siege from thugs and murderers, but now DC has returned to the federal control to which it belongs,” Trump wrote on his social media website the day after he issued his order. “The White House is in charge. The military and our great police will free the city, scrape away any filth, make it safe, clean, habitable and beautiful!”
District of Columbia’s National Guard members have assisted law enforcement with tasks such as crowd control and patrol landmarks such as National Mall and Union Station. Their roles have been limited so far, and it remains unclear why additional troops are needed.
Over the weekend in Washington, protesters pushed back federal law enforcement and the National Guard incitement in the city. Many protesters gathered at the city’s Dupont Circle on Saturday to march into the White House.
