Critics argue the move is an unnecessary, authoritarian escalation, and that Trump's portrait of rampant crime doesn't match reality.

Washington’s Columbia Heights, usually lively with vendors, has been abnormally quiet, reflecting the impact of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement surge.

The owner says his employees were asked for immigration status by ICE and then he was told that the truck’s tires were bad and it would have to be towed, though he insists it recently passed DC inspe...