(The Hill) -- Nearly half the roughly 2,450 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime are reportedly set to leave the city later this fall.

Authorities in Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia — which have sent a combined 1,131 troops to contribute to Trump’s federal law enforcement initiative — have set target dates for their withdrawal in late October and November, The Associated Press reported.

A spokesperson for the Joint Task Force-District of Columbia declined to comment to The Hill, directing questions to state governors’ offices.

The National Guard has been activated in the nation's capital since August, when Trump issued an executive order declaring a crime emergency that placed local police under

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