President Donald Trump signed an order Monday to deploy the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, continuing a campaign his administration claims is to crack down on crime in American cities.

President Trump, meeting with Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in the Oval Office, said the deployment would be a "replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts" in Washington, D.C., where he deployed some 2,000 National Guard troops and federalized the city's police force.

But President Trump said in Memphis, "we're sending the big force now" saying the task force would include personnel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforement Agency and the FBI.

The new deployment is meant to counter crime rates in Memphis, which the White House says is trending up.

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