Washington, DC —

At least ten cities in states whose Republican governors are deploying National Guard troops to Washington, DC, had higher rates of violent crime or homicide than DC last year, according to a CNN review of FBI data.

Governors from Ohio, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia announced this week that they’re sending troops to assist President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. Violent crime was already falling in DC, though it still ranks 17th among major cities.

In the past week, Trump federalized DC’s police force , surged federal law enforcement agents into the city, and deployed the DC National Guard.

Military officials said there were nearly 2,000 soldiers and airmen mobilized in DC as of Thursday a

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