President Trump’s order exacerbates federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C.
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President Donald Trump directed federal law enforcement to increase its presence throughout Washington DC in Washington DC, about a surge in violent crime, including an incident nicknamed Big Ball, who was brutally beaten on the street this week.
Trump signed an executive order in March to establish a “working group that makes DC safe and beautiful.” Now, the government takes an overall government approach by deploying additional law enforcement to improve overall security in the national capital and improve overall public safety, according to sources familiar with the plan.
The operation will use local and federal law enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security Investigation, FBI, DEA, etc., to start at midnight Thursday, and will initially last for 7 days, with the option to expand “as needed”.
Law enforcement will focus on improving the security of high-traffic tourist areas and other known hot spots.
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After a former doorman worker who was brutally beaten by gang members on the streets of Washington, D.C. was nicknamed “Big Ball,” President Donald Trump said he strongly considered controlling the region to eliminate rampant crimes and violence that plagues the country’s capital. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images and AP Photos/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
“From Thursday night, violent criminals in the District of Columbia will have no safe port,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced in a statement to Fox News.
“Washington, D.C. is an amazing city, but has long been plagued by violent crime,” Levitt said. “President Trump directed an increase in federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens. Starting tonight, violent criminals will have no safe port in DC.”
She added: “President Trump is committed to making the capital of our country safer to make its residents, lawmakers and visitors from all over the world safer.”
Sources familiar with the plan pointed out that the stamping of the president’s “out of control violent criminal offenses” has been a “ongoing priority” in a move he fulfilled his campaign promise to restore the capital.
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White House View in Washington, DC, February 23, 2022. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Among the priorities listed in Trump’s executive order, he directed the task force to deploy stronger federal law enforcement and coordinate with local law enforcement in the District of Columbia, including National Mall and Memorial Park, Museums, Historic Sites, Lafayette Park, Lafayette Park, Union Station, Rock Creek Park, Anacost Park, George Park, George Park, Memorial Park, Bed Park and Bed Park, Bed Park and Bed Park.
The order also directs the task force to conduct a review and, if necessary, amend the policy on pre-trial detention of criminal defendants to ensure that individuals pose a threat to public safety are detained to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Additionally, the order directs the task force to direct the maximum implementation of federal immigration laws and redirects federal, state or local law enforcement resources to arrest and deport illegal persons throughout the area.
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President Donald Trump impressed the crowd at a conservative political action conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Sources said additional law enforcement will be committed to protecting DC residents and visitors from cities with “violent crime scourge.”
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“President Trump promises to be safe again in the campaign – another promise,” they said.
