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2 weeks agoTrump's D.C. Takeover May Be a Prelude to Something Far Worse
According to the White House's own numbers, as reported by WUSA9, the immediate priority of the newly federalized law-enforcement presence in D.C. has been going after undocumented immigrants: In the first week of President Donald Trump's federal takeover of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department, 383 people were arrested, according to the White House ... Numbers from the White House show immigration arrests are driving the surge. Officers made nearly three times as many arrests for immigration violations as firearm possession. Two arrests were related to homicides.
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