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.

The lawsuit contends that the deployment is an unprecedented political act, not a response to a genuine emergency and violates West Virginia law that outlines specific, limited circumstances for out-of-state Guard deployments.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard arrived in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday on orders from Gov. Patrick Morrisey to support President Donald Trump's "Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force."