Michigan members of Congress want briefing on National Guard deployments to DC Published: Updated: Tags: Michigan National Guard at the state Capitol on Jan. 17, 2021. (WDIV) A group of Michigan members of Congress are seeking an intelligence briefing on the redeployment of the Michigan National Guard to Washington, D.C. The group led by Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI 2nd District) said the number of guardsman being deployed has increased to 1,000. Their letter requests a briefing on the “justification for not only redeploying the Michigan National Guard to Washington, D.C. but also significantly increasing the number of troops being sent from Michigan.”