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Sen. Mike Lee is urging President Donald Trump to further dismantle D.C.'s autonomy.

President Trump on Monday deployed 800 National Guard troops to D.C. to address crime in the city.

D.C. officials have been working for months to crack down on rising rates of youth crime.

WASHINGTON — More than 800 National Guard troops are being deployed to Washington, D.C., after President Donald Trump signed an emergency order to address the city's crime rates — but some lawmakers such as Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, want the president to go even further.

Trump announced plans on Monday to federalize the D.C. police department, invoking a rarely used statute that allows the president to take control of the city's law enforcement on a temporary basis. The

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