Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday he’s deploying more than 300 Georgia National Guard troops to Washington to aid President Donald Trump’s federal intervention in the nation’s capital amid a widening debate over the use of the military for local law enforcement.

The contingent involves roughly 300 soldiers who are scheduled to mobilize in mid-September. Another 16 support staff were dispatched earlier this week, officials said. They will join roughly 2,200 National Guard troops, including 1,300 from six other GOP-led states.

It’s separate from another deployment of 75 Georgia National Guard soldiers and airmen who are assigned to provide “administrative and logistic support” as part of Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration .

Kemp, who has worked to repair strained ties with the presiden

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