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The New Jersey Democrat charged that Trump’s push to clean up DC and end sanctuary city policies “show us each and every day how much of a bigot he is.”
The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.
Along with the 800 D.C. National Guard members already mobilized in the city, the deployments announced would bring the number of Guard members to about 1,700.
The White House has dispatched social media teams alongside FBI agents executing arrest warrants in the nation's capital to generate videos that promote U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime in the District of Columbia,
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Scripps News on MSNStates increase National Guard assignments to DC, supporting Trump's anti-crime efforts
Monday begins the second week of elevated National Guard presence in Washington D.C., as President Donald Trump pushes to address allegations of rampant crime and homelessness in the capital.
Three states are deploying hundreds more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the Trump administration. A White House official told CBS News the troops "may be armed," but they won't be making arrests.