The moves come as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after President Trump's executive order.

National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

Six states send National Guard troops to Washington as Trump deploys soldiers to combat crime and federalizes the Metropolitan Police Department.

The Republican governors of West Virginia and South Carolina are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the nation's capital as awash in crime.

Six states have pledged to send troops to Washington, D.C., swelling the number of National Guard brought to support federal law enforcement.

National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey directed the state’s National Guard to assist with the Trump administration’s federal policing efforts in D.C.