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The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., has already netted more than 240 arrests and taken 38 guns off the streets, a White House official told Fox News.
The show of force has swept up gang members, robbery suspects and immigration violators. On Friday alone, 52 people were arrested, including 28 illegal immigrants, while three guns were seized.
Federal teams also cleared 25 homeless encampments, and officials said those removals were carried out without confrontations or arrests.
The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., has already netted more than 240 arrests and 38 guns, a White House official told Fox News. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller hailed the scale of the operations and said the numbers are “breathtaking.”
“We have seen a record number of violent offenders, bad guys, gang members and all kinds of threats to public safety removed off the streets as well as their illegal weapons that they’ve been using to terrorize the citizens of this city,” Miller told “Fox News Live.”
“Additionally, we have seen over 70 homeless encampments that have scarred and disfigured the public streets of this city, dismantled and thrown away and the homeless cleared from those encampments. At the same time, we have the National Park Service going around and getting rid of the gang graffiti that has been left untouched by this city for decades.”
Washington, D.C., city workers dismantle tents and remove personal belongings during a sweep of a homeless encampment in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood Aug. 14, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
The operation began quietly Aug. 7 with the launch of the “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful” task force created by President Donald Trump in March through an executive…
