In Washington, D.C., the federal government has turned the nation\u2019s<\/p>\n
capital into a live experiment in hard-edged policing.<\/p>\n
Crime is undeniably down: robberies and car break-ins have plunged,<\/p>\n
and some residents and business owners say they finally feel protected. Yet the same operation has flooded the city with federal agents,<\/p>\n
traffic checkpoints, and aggressive immigration sweeps that have upended daily life for immigrant workers and mixed\u2011status families.<\/p>\n
This uneasy tradeoff has exposed a raw divide over what \u201csafety\u201d really means.<\/p>\n
Supporters see lives saved and streets reclaimed; critics see constitutional lines crossed and local democracy sidelined under the banner of order.<\/p>\n
With courts signaling broad federal authority and agencies testing new tactics in real time,<\/p>\n
D.C. now sits at the fault line between security and liberty\u2014its outcome a warning, or a blueprint, for the rest of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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