The 135 Louisiana National Guard troops sent to join President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington D.C. had arrived Wednesday to help local law enforcement — and they will stay there “as long as the President needs them,” Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday.

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.