Louisiana National Guard troops sent to Washington
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Gov. Jeff Landry said he was sending 135 members of the Louisiana National Guard to Washington D.C. as part of President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on crime in the city.
National Guard troops on both sides of South Dakota are now processing paperwork for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Monday that three guard members in Sioux Falls and three in Rapid City have begun to document and process ICE arrest information,
The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.