The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to deploy more than 200 Homeland Security agents to Chicago for a large-scale immigration sweep, with the U.S. Naval Station Great Lakes serving as a central immigration hub.
Read More Trump admin. planning to deploy over 200 DHS agents to Chicago in upcoming immigration raids
After previously criticizing President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has since changed her stance, praising the federal operation for the reduction in homicides, carjackings, and gun crimes.
Read More Mayor Bowser admits Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown ‘Has worked’ after initially pushing back
Recent polling data coming from AP-NORC shows that 81% of Americans view crime as a major issue in U.S. cities, and 53% approve of President Donald Trump’s approach to addressing it, including his deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C.
Read More Poll: 81% of Americans believe crime is a ‘major issue’ in large cities across U.S., despite mainstream media pushback
President Donald Trump announced his intention for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to seek the death penalty in all murder cases occurring in Washington, D.C. He stressed that capital punishment is a “very strong preventative” against crime.
Read More Trump urges death penalty for all D.C. homicides: ‘Very strong preventative’
As Democrat governors in the U.S. continue to condemn President Donald Trump’s proposed federal response to nationwide crime, Vice President JD Vance questioned why Democrats are so strongly opposed to the federal intervention, rather than the crimes being committed.
Read More Vance questions why Democrats are angrier about Trump’s plan to tackle crime than crime itself
President Donald Trump slammed Democrat Maryland Governor Wes Moore on Sunday, accusing him of mismanaging the “out of control, crime ridden, Baltimore.”
Read More Maryland Democrat Gov. criticized for mismanaging ‘Crime ridden Baltimore,’ as Trump threatens to withhold federal funds