Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day
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The federal intervention in Washington DC represents necessary action to combat a genuine public safety crisis that local leadership failed to address for years. Crime statistics prove the deployment worked — violent crime dropped 39 percent and homicides fell 53 percent during the operation. Mayor Bowser's decision to cut cooperation with ICE threatens to undo this progress and allow dangerous criminals back onto the streets. The city was spiraling into chaos before federal intervention, and maintaining immigration enforcement partnerships is essential to prevent crime from "roaring back" as businesses and residents finally feel safe again.
This federal takeover represents dangerous presidential overreach that militarizes American cities and terrorizes immigrant communities through indiscriminate enforcement. Crime was already declining in DC before the intervention, following a nationwide trend, yet Trump deployed over 2,000 troops at massive taxpayer expense while tourism plummeted and local businesses suffered. The operation resulted in racial profiling and mass detention of immigrants for minor infractions, creating a climate of fear that undermines community policing. Local law enforcement should focus on public safety, not serve as extensions of federal immigration enforcement that divides communities and erodes trust.
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