WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is increasingly viewing the military as a way to reduce crime in U.S. cities.

Several Republican-led states have sent National Guard troops to reduce crime in D.C.South Carolina troops have now been in Washington D.C. for weeks.

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott says they’re making a difference.

He says violence in the nation’s capital hits close to home.

Protesters, unions demand accountability after Ga. immigration raid

In the aftermath of a huge immigration raid at a Georgia plant, protesters said Hyundai exploited workers and put them in dangerous situations.

“Watched a friend of mine, who’s in the House of Representatives, be carjacked right in front of our condo,” he said, adding that his legislative director “had to walk over a dead body that

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