ICE makes 1.2K arrests in DC since fed takeover in August, compared to 85 in first 7 months of '25

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made 1,200 arrests since the federal takeover in Washington, D.C., began in August, according to a report.

From the start of President Trump's term this year through July, ICE had only made 85 arrests in the nation's capital, per data obtained by the Deportation Data Project, The New York Times reported. However, from early August until mid-September, ICE made around 1,200 arrests, according to unnamed officials, per the newspaper.

Trump deployed federal law enforcement officers in August across Washington, D.C., to crack down on crime.

ICE has worked closely with both the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police, according to the Times' review of videos filmed by witnesses.

The federal agency has signed more than 520 agreements in 35 states since January that allow local law enforcement to work with federal officials on immigration enforcement during routine patrols.

Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that immigration officials in the nation's capital had “arrested gang members, kidnappers, drug traffickers and other violent thugs.”

“Criminal aliens are a public safety threat, and there should be no place for sanctuary policies that place crime over the community.”

The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to the Times' questions about how many of the 1,200 people detained for immigration violations in the city had also been accused of committing other crimes.