Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Tuesday that the Arkansas National Guard will help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in the state’s three largest cities as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

“Violent, criminal illegal immigrants have no place in Arkansas. … I look forward to our guardsmen working with the Trump Administration to enforce federal immigration law,” Sanders said in a statement. “President Trump has secured our border and is cleaning up our streets, and Arkansas stands with him every step of the way.”

Up to 40 people will be deployed — 27 from the Air National Guard and 13 from the Army National Guard. Little Rock will get 18 guardsmen, 10 will go to Fort Smith and 10 to Fayetteville, with two stationed at Camp Robinson in North Little

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