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 has filed a lawsuit to halt the deployment of the West Virginia National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C.