Developing: As many as 1,700 National Guardsmen from 19 states are expected to mobilize for President Trump’s immigration crackdown, Fox reported this weekend, citing defense and White House officials.

Guard units are expected from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. Their assistance with Homeland Security officials is currently expected to run through mid-November.

The soldiers are expected to assist with “personal data collection, fingerprinting, DNA swabbing and photographing of personnel in ICE custody,” an official told Fox.

The president is threatening to widen his military deployments to more U.S. cities in the coming weeks, inc

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