US EditionTrump to join Washington patrol while feds deploy checkpoints around city
Federal deployment in Washington D.C. includes 630 arrests since August 7, with 251 involving undocumented immigrants, amid rising tensions and legal concerns over checkpoint practices.
- President Donald Trump plans to join a Thursday evening patrol in Washington, D.C., as federal authorities deploy checkpoints that sometimes ask about immigration status during a two-week crackdown the White House says enforces priorities.
- After seizing control on Aug. 11, President Donald Trump increased National Guard troops and since Aug. 7 the White House reports 251 arrests of people illegally in the country.
- Legal experts caution that the Constitution limits constant stops; a daycare partially closed Thursday and the bishop of San Bernardino excused parishioners after detentions on church properties.
- Tense street encounters included an agent firing at a vehicle last week during an immigration stop, while Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited troops at Union Station amid protestors chanting `free D.C.`.
- This month’s heavy deployments risk aggravating residents as experts warn checkpoints resemble Los Angeles' sustained deportation efforts with intrusive federal activity, says Anthony Michael Kreis.
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