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West Virginia Sends 300–400 Guard Members to Back Trump’s Federal Police Takeover in Washington

Local officials have filed suit after the Justice Department replaced its emergency commissioner plan with a directive for the Metropolitan Police to assist federal immigration enforcement

Miembros de la Guardia Nacional del Distrito de Columbia posan para fotografiarse con ciudadanos fuera de la Union Station, el sábado 16 de agosto de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Soldados de la Guardia Nacional del Distrito de Columbia conversan en la Estación Union, con el Capitolio de Estados Unidos a sus espaldas, en Washington, el viernes 15 de agosto de 2025. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
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Overview

  • Governor Patrick Morrisey ordered 300 to 400 West Virginia National Guard members to deploy to Washington at President Trump’s request to bolster federalized policing efforts.
  • The Justice Department rescinded its appointment of a federal emergency police commissioner and issued a memo directing the Metropolitan Police to cooperate with federal immigration agents.
  • Washington’s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging the federal intervention as an overreach of the District’s Home Rule protections.
  • Activists have held protests in Dupont Circle and other neighborhoods decrying the operation as authoritarian even as some police union leaders have voiced support.
  • Republican lawmakers in Congress, led by Rep. Andy Ogles, are drafting legislation to extend or remove the 30-day limit on federal control of D.C. policing, potentially setting a precedent for other cities.