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.

South Carolina National Guard troops were sent to the nation's capital under Governor Henry McMaster's executive order.

SC Gov. Henry McMaster deploys National Guardsmen to Washington D.C., despite claims from city leaders that crime is at a low point.

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

Six Republican states have sent National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., in response to President Trump's crime crackdown, amid questions about the operation's focus.

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.