The Louisiana National Guard has mobilized 95 troops to support ICE operations in the state, another step Gov. Jeff Landry has taken to support President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The soldiers were mobilized Aug. 25 and sent to various locations across the state to assist with “administrative, clerical, and logistical tasks,” according to a release from the Louisiana National Guard.

The troops were mobilized under Title 32 status, the release said. That means they remain under Landry’s control but that the federal government pays for the mobilization.

“When the State of Louisiana and the United States of America needs us, we act. The Soldiers and Airmen of the Louisiana National Guard are trained professionals who embody the values of our military and understand what it means to protect the homeland,” Maj. Gen. Thomas Friloux, the adjutant general of Louisiana and head of the guard, said in a statement.

It’s the second time in a month the state has mobilized the National Guard at the Trump administration’s request. Two weeks ago, Louisiana sent 135 soldiers to bolster Trump’s controversial intervention on crime and illegal immigration in Washington, D.C.

There are now 140 Louisiana troops deployed there, according to Collins. They join over 2,000 other National Guard members from other states and the District of Columbia.

Trump says their presence is necessary to get crime under control in the capital. Critics have described Trump’s actions, which face local pushback, as authoritarian.

Official data puts violent crime in Washington D.C. at a 30-year low.

The news also comes days after Landry and top Trump administration officials unveiled a new ICE detention center on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. They said the facility, referred to as both Camp 57 and the Louisiana Lockup, will hold “the worst of the worst.”

Eventually, Camp 57 will be able to hold up to 416 detainees, according to officials. Louisiana already has multiple ICE detention centers which, altogether, house about 7,000 immigrants, according to Bill Quigley, the former director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orlean

Both Landry and Trump have described immigration enforcement as key to protecting the country from violent crime. Critics of the crackdown say ICE is detaining people with no criminal records, sometimes without due process.

About 70% of those in ICE lockup have no criminal convictions, the Associated Press reported in July. Half of them have no pending criminal charges, the report said.

This summer, Congress passed legislation expanding ICE’s budget by tenfold – an increase of $76.5 billion. The agency aims to hire 10,000 new deportation officers; it previously had 6,500.