Transit police members patrol U Street Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Law enforcement notably rescued a child who was reported missing during Thursday's operation. The crime crackdown in D.C. has led to the rescue of six missing children since Aug. 7, Fox Digital learned.
"Thanks to President Trump, some of the most dangerous criminals who have committed heinous crimes have been removed from the streets of Washington, D.C.," White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital Friday. "For far too long, these criminals have been able to commit crime after crime without any accountability — but President Trump has restored law and order to our nation’s capital."
"As a result of President Trump’s tough-on-crime policies, federal law enforcement operations have removed nearly 2,000 dangerous criminals, lethal drugs, and deadly weapons from the city which is a win for all D.C. residents and visitors," she continued.
The White House provided Fox Digital with a handful of photos showing handguns and illegal substances recovered during the arrests this week.
Compilation photo showing a handgun recovered from D.C. streets and bags of unidentified illegal drugs. (White House)
Two handguns recovered by law enforcement officials in D.C. as part of President Trump's crime crackdown since August. (White House)
DC ARRESTS SURPASS 1,000 AS TRUMP-BACKED CRACKDOWN ENTERS 12TH HOMICIDE-FREE DAY
All in, the crime crackdown has yielded 17 arrests of violent gangbangers, including members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, while a total of 198 firearms have been seized. The operation has also led to the clearance of 50 different homeless encampments across the city.
Police officers check the belongings of a person detained for a driver's license issue in Washington, Aug. 13, 2025, following President Donald Trump federalizing the city. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters)
Trump has since floated deploying the National Guard to other cities to help curb crime, including Chicago and Baltimore, which has earned strong rebuke from local leaders who have said the crackdown is unnecessary as crime data show violent trends have slowed since the 2020 era and that Trump is promoting authoritarianism.
"This is exactly the type of overreach that our country’s founders warned against," Democratic Illinois JB Pritzker told the media in August while slamming Trump's suggestions of National Guard deployment.
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"What Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is un-American," he added.
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