ICE-Led Enforcement Surge Floods D.C.: Checkpoints, National Guard and ‘Nearly Half’ of Arrests Undocumented

Federal agents deployed under the administration's law-and-order surge have concentrated visible ICE operations across Washington, D.C., especially in Mount Pleasant. Agents in tactical gear, checkpoints and National Guard presence have accompanied nightly arrests; officials say nearly half of those arrested were in the country illegally. The deployments have sparked local backlash and civil‑liberties concerns even as federal officials defend the actions as crime‑reduction measures.