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.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is suing to stop West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey's order to deploy the state's National Guard to D.C.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit in an effort to prevent the deployment of hundreds of West Virginia National Guard membe

Even as soldiers with the West Virginia National Guard begin arriving in Washington, D.C., to meet President Donald Trump’s call to help quell crime in the nation’s capital, a lawsuit could undo that deployment.

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a lawsuit to halt the deployment of the West Virginia National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C.

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 earlier this week.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said Saturday that National Guard troops from his state would aid the Trump administration’s federal police takeover in Washington to help “make D.C. safe and beautiful.