Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday he plans to send more than 300 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump’s expanded use of federal forces in the nation’s capital.

Kemp’s office said about 300 soldiers will deploy in mid-September, while 16 support staff were dispatched earlier this week, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They will join roughly 2,200 Guard members already in Washington, including 1,300 from at least six other Republican-led states.

The deployment is separate from 75 Georgia Guard soldiers and airmen assigned to provide administrative and logistical support to Trump’s immigration enforcement initiatives.

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