Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday rallied members of a federal law enforcement task force that has begun operating in Memphis as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting plan for the city.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are coming to Memphis as a federal and state law enforcement surge neared its third day. Bondi made the announcement in a Fox News interview Tuesday.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will be in Memphis on Wednesday, the second full day of operation for the "Memphis Safe Task Force."

Guard troops were seen at the Memphis Safe Task Force staging area off of Mullins Station Road on Wednesday afternoon.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the first arrests by the Memphis Safe Task Force as federal agencies began arriving in the city.

In a rant aimed at motivating the federal law enforcement agencies operating in the state as part of Trump’s crackdown on a claimed crime wave, Miller told Memphis police officers they were now “unleashed” to fight crime by order of the president.

Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated nine arrests made in Memphis on Monday, which marked day one of a federal task force cracking down on crime