Six states have pledged to send troops to Washington, D.C., swelling the number of National Guard brought to support federal law enforcement.

National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

The moves come as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after President Trump's executive order.

The Republican governors of West Virginia and South Carolina are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the nation's capital as awash in crime.

National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.

Six states send National Guard troops to Washington as Trump deploys soldiers to combat crime and federalizes the Metropolitan Police Department.

At least two Tennessee cities had higher rates of violent and property crime than Washington, D.C., last year. Memphis reported 15,338 violent crimes last year, including 249 cases of murder and non-negligent manslaughter, according to the FBI's Crime Data Explorer. The city also recorded 42,305 property crimes.