{"id":2475366,"date":"2025-08-15T19:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-in-three-dc-arrests-this-week-were-immigration-related\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:56:36","slug":"one-in-three-dc-arrests-this-week-were-immigration-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-in-three-dc-arrests-this-week-were-immigration-related\/","title":{"rendered":"One in three DC arrests this week were immigration-related"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-in-three-dc-arrests-this-week-were-immigration-related%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that one in three arrests made in Washington, D.C., during a recent week were related too immigration offenses, according to federal law enforcement data and sources connected to President Donald trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federally led public safety operation<\/a> in the city.FBI Director Kash Patel noted over 189 arrests by Friday,including 75 linked to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE typically takes custody of individuals found to be in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>A specific case highlighted involved the arrest of a Salvadoran national who overstayed a visa and had a criminal record. The White House detailed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-wisconsins-leftist-led-doj-raids-wausau-mayors-home-in-ballot-drop-box-probe\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Wisconsin\u2019s Leftist-Led DOJ Raids Wausau Mayor\u2019s Home In Ballot Drop Box Probe\">significant law enforcement operation<\/a> on Thursday, which resulted in 33 arrests, including 15 immigration-related cases and the seizure of eight illegal firearms.Other arrests involved serious crimes such as murder, rape, assault, drug distribution, and DUI.<\/p>\n<p>the D.C. National Guard has been providing security but not making arrests, while multi-agency teams work across the city to target violent offenders.tom Homan, Trump&#8217;s border czar, emphasized that local police are not expected to enforce immigration laws but should collaborate with ICE when criminal activity involves undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of arrests this week is similar to the same period last year; however, this is the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wes-moore-weighs-signing-maryland-bill-to-curb-ice-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wes Moore weighs signing Maryland bill to curb ... - ...\">federal immigration enforcement operations<\/a> have been incorporated in these efforts under the current administration. Federal court cases related to the arrests are limited, likely due to many charges being processed in local courts.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">One in three DC arrests this week were immigration-related<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2204694\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>One in three arrests made in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>&nbsp;this week were tied to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigration-related offenses<\/a>, according to&nbsp;federal law enforcement&nbsp;data and sources familiar with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp;federally led public safety operation in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI Director Kash Patel<\/a>&nbsp;said in a post to X on Friday that there had been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1956370985122157028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 120 arrests<\/a>&nbsp;this week in the district. That arrest tally rose to over 189 as of Friday, including 75 Immigration and Customs Enforcement-related arrests, according to data from the U.S. Marshals Service and a senior administration official familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3501121\/tom-homan-dc-cooperation-ice-federal-takeover-police\/\">Homan clarifies degree of demanded DC cooperation with ICE amid growing feud about federal police takeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3500808\/officials-defy-bondi-order-emergency-police-commissioner-federal-takeover-dc\/\">DC officials defy Bondi order appointing &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-officials-defy-bondi-order-appointing-emergency-police-commissioner-in-federal-takeover-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"DC officials defy Bondi order appointing \u2018emergency pol... commissioner\u2019 in ... - ...\">emergency police commissioner&#038;rsquo<\/a>; in federal takeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3500367\/joe-scarborough-dc-democrats-crime\/\">Joe Scarborough says DC Democrats concerned about crime as well: &#8216;I don&#8217;t care what the crime statistics say&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federal law enforcement officers at a checkpoint on 14th St. in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of D.C. Metro police and the mobilization of the National Guard and other federal law enforcement, saying the move is necessary to restore order in the city. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Per standard procedure, anyone determined to be in the country illegally is handed over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE&rsquo;s<\/a>&nbsp;Enforcement and Removal Operations, which manages the nation&rsquo;s civil immigration detention system and oversees&nbsp;removals.<\/p>\n<p>While the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> could not verify the names or identities of all individuals arrested on immigration-related charges,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>&nbsp;Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin highlighted one example from Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>McLaughlin said ICE agents assisting a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/metropolitan-police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Metropolitan Police Department<\/a>&nbsp;traffic safety checkpoint arrested Raul Giovanni Quintanilla-Cabezas, a Salvadoran national who overstayed a tourist visa and whose record includes sexual solicitation. McLaughlin said about 150 protesters gathered nearby and directed derogatory comments at ICE and partner personnel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our message is clear: Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;provided a more detailed rundown of Thursday evening&rsquo;s law enforcement operations, saying those alone&nbsp;resulted in 33 arrests, including 15 immigration-related cases &mdash; among them one individual from China &mdash; and the seizure of eight illegal firearms. Other arrests included suspects wanted on warrants for first-degree murder and first-degree rape, as well as individuals charged with aggravated assault, drug distribution, and driving under the influence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Law enforcement arrested 33 people in Washington on Thursday night, including 15 illegal immigrants, and seized eight illegal firearms during multi-agency operations. (White House)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>One juvenile was arrested on charges of carrying a pistol without a license and possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Officials said 20 multi-agency teams were deployed across all seven police districts to arrest violent offenders, with more than 1,750 law enforcement and military participants involved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-guard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D.C. National Guard<\/a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;conducted roving foot and vehicle patrols around the National Mall and Union Station, providing security for federal assets and officers but not making arrests. Three multi-agency teams were also tasked with clearing homeless encampments, though the White House declined to identify the locations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Homan<\/a>, Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;border czar,&rdquo; said Friday that local police in the district are not being asked to perform ICE duties during the federalization of the&nbsp;MPD, but should coordinate with ICE when immigration violations intersect with criminal activity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not asking Metro PD to be immigration officers,&rdquo; Homan said. &ldquo;But when you&rsquo;re enforcing criminal law and when you find an illegal alien &hellip; involved with criminal activity, they absolutely should call us. Law enforcement needs to work with law enforcement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As for the other two-thirds of arrests made this week, the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;could not<\/em> confirm the exact number of people detained related to Trump&rsquo;s law enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Federal court records reviewed by the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;show only a handful of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal criminal cases<\/a>&nbsp;on the docket from the week&rsquo;s arrests, most of which appeared to involve routine charges such as unlawful firearm possession and child pornography distribution. The likely reason&nbsp;for the low volume of visible cases is that the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office may also bring charges in the D.C. Superior Court, which has an online case search system that is much more difficult to query without additional identifying information on criminal suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The only notable case on the federal court docket directly tied to Trump&rsquo;s federal law enforcement push was against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3499565\/man-throws-sandwich-dc-law-enforcement-charged-with-felony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sean Charles Dunn<\/a>, a former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Department<\/a>&nbsp;contractor accused of throwing a sandwich at a law enforcement officer on Aug. 10. Dunn was charged with felony assault, released without detention, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3501184\/doj-agrees-to-rewrite-dc-police-takeover-order-to-avoid-court-injunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DOJ AGREES TO REWRITE DC POLICE TAKEOVER ORDER TO AVOID COURT INJUNCTION<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 189 arrests reported between Monday and Thursday closely track with <a href=\"https:\/\/mpdc.dc.gov\/node\/1379551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the same period last year<\/a>, when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/metropolitan-police-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metropolitan Police Department<\/a>&nbsp;records show 187 arrests were made between Aug. 11 and Aug. 14, 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A key discrepancy&nbsp;between arrests this week versus last year is the inclusion of federal immigration enforcement operations, which did not take place in the district last year under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2204694\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2204694\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-third of DC arrests this week involved immigration offenses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3989,"featured_media":2475367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Federal-Law-Enf.-14-FI-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4283,50403,50501,3813],"class_list":["post-2475366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrests","tag-crime-2","tag-dc-2","tag-immigration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Federal-Law-Enf.-14-FI-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475370,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475366\/revisions\/2475370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2475367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}