WASHINGTON — Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi and Tennessee National Guards will deploy 200 and 160 troops respectively to Washington as part of the Trump administration's ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation's capital.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Monday that he has approved the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington, D.C.

“Crime is out of control there, and it’s clear something must be done to combat it,” Reeves said.

A spokesperson for Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said that the governor had granted a request from the Trump administration for the state's National Guard members “to assist with monument security, community safety patrols, protecting federal faciliti

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