U.S. President Donald Trump has called upon governors from several Republican states to deploy their states' National Guard to Washington, D.C., which Trump has claimed is ridden with crime. As troops poured into D.

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.

Three more Republican governors authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington on Monday, part of President Donald Trump’s escalating show of force that he says is designed to crack down on crime and boost immigration enforcement in the nation’s capital.