Since federal law enforcement was deployed to Washington, D.C. earlier this month, over 1,000 arrests have been reported, according to the White House on Monday.
Authorities have confiscated 111 firearms and arrested six known gang members, including individuals from MS-13 and Tren de Aragua. Furthermore, a multi-agency team has cleared 49 homeless camps from the area.
Out of the total 1,007 arrests made since August 7, 86 occurred just on Sunday night.
More than 2,100 federal law enforcement officials were on patrol that night, resulting in the seizure of 10 illegal firearms. Arrests included charges for carrying pistols without a license, attacking federal police officers, and assaulting National Guard members.
On August 7, President Trump announced a plan to enhance federal law enforcement presence in the capital. Shortly after, he declared that he would take control of the police station in Washington, D.C., and deploy the National Guard.
According to the Home Rules Act, Trump can temporarily manage a district police station if he finds that “special conditions of urgency exist.” Although he hasn’t suggested any end to the federal police presence, he mentioned last week that he would seek $2 billion from Congress to improve conditions in D.C.
Trump also indicated intentions to increase federal police presence near Baltimore and Chicago but commented on Monday that soliciting state and local officials for federal aid might be better.
“I told some of the people that you really want to go. I hate to cross cities and be treated horribly by corrupt and bad politicians,” Trump remarked to reporters in the Oval Office.
Last week, Trump visited federal law enforcement in D.C. at Anacostia, while Vice President Vance and Secretary of Defense visited Union Station earlier in the week to assess operations.
