More U.S. National Guard troops are expected to head to Washington, D.C., this week, amid a push by President Donald Trump to tackle what he says is a rise in crime, despite conflicting stats.

The occupied city of Washington, D.C., is gripped with a paralyzing fear. From NPR:Marek Deca arrived here earlier this month for his first year of college at Howard University. Deca says he expected to feel nervous about normal freshman stuff,

The Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration efforts in the nation’s capital.