West Virginia National Guard troops have begun to arrive in Washington, DC, to assist with President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, a defense official told CNN on Tuesday.

Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana pledged to send National Guard troops to Washington. They could carry weapons in the city.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Monday that he has approved the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington, D.C. “Crime is out of control there, and it’s clear something must be done to combat it,” Reeves said.

Crime is out of control there, and it’s clear something must be done to combat it,” Mississippi’s governor said.

The Legal Defense Fund sends letters asking state governors not to send troops to D.C. because "there is no crime emergency."

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

Columnist Will Sutton on President Donald Trump's move to take over Washington, D.C. "Though the federal government is covering of the cost to have our National Guard and other troops in D.C., Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser didn't ask Trump for a federal intervention.

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