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President Donald Trump praised the FBI in a Truth Social post, saying the agency is doing an \u201cincredible job\u201d after arresting thousands of suspects and disrupting criminal activity nationwide. The president also encouraged the bureau to continue cleaning up the country.<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cSince January 20th, more than 28,000 Violent Criminals have been arrested (RECORD BREAKING!), with over 6,000 illegal weapons seized, more than 1,700 child predators and 300 human traffickers taken off the streets, 5,000 innocent children rescued, 2,000 Criminal Enterprises disrupted, 1,900 kilos of Fentanyl (Enough to kill 125 Million people!) taken out\u2014HISTORIC RESULTS. We are bringing LAW AND ORDER back to America. Kash, Dan, Andrew, and the men and women of the FBI, are doing a tremendous job, MAKING AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
He was referring to FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey.<\/p>\n
A central component of the FBI\u2019s recent enforcement efforts has been Operation Summer Heat, a nationwide initiative that ran from June through September and focused on apprehending violent offenders.<\/p>\n
Also, Trump and Patel announced that the operation led to the arrests of more than 8,700 violent criminals across major U.S. cities. They said roughly 11,000 homicide suspects were taken into custody, about half of whom were wanted in connection with more than one killing.<\/p>\n
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\nCities including Nashville and New Orleans recorded increases of up to 250 percent in arrests of individuals described by the administration as the most violent offenders.<\/p>\n
Nationally, violent crime fell 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024, according to Trump, who characterized the summer as \u201cthe safest and most peaceful summer in two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\u201cThere\u2019s still much more work to be done, which is why the FBI continues to work alongside the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security [DHS], and the Department of War to defend law and order and combat violent crime, arrest illegal aliens, and make American cities the safest in the world,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery American deserves to live in a community where they\u2019re not afraid of being mugged, murdered, robbed, raped, assaulted, or shot. And that\u2019s exactly what our administration is working to deliver,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Democrats, for some reason, remain opposed to Trump\u2019s crime crackdown in blue cities. In October, Democratic senators issued a joint statement criticizing his deployment of National Guard units to multiple U.S. cities, arguing the moves overstepped presidential authority.<\/p>\n
In the statement released by Sen. Alex Padilla\u2019s (D-Calif.) office, the lawmakers warned that what they described as \u201cillegal deployments\u201d risked pushing the boundaries of executive power \u201cbeyond their breaking point\u201d and raised concerns about the nation moving toward authoritarian governance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether in Los Angeles, Chicago, or Portland, the Trump Administration continues fabricating claims of chaos and crime on American streets to justify his false assertions that there is a \u2018need\u2019 to deploy troops into our cities\u2014all while literally defunding our police by cutting funding that helps local law enforcement make our cities safer,\u201d the senators claimed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is also targeting the millions of people who are in the country illegally.<\/p>\n
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in an Oct. 20 post on X that the administration\u2019s efforts have resulted in the arrest of more than 480,000 criminal noncitizens over nine months.<\/p>\n
According to Noem, roughly 70 percent of those taken into custody have either prior convictions or pending criminal charges.<\/p>\n
Noem described law enforcement\u2019s progress under President Trump as \u201cnothing short of extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a separate Oct. 20 announcement, the Department of Homeland Security outlined a new border security initiative. The effort, known as Operation River Wall, is designed to fortify the Rio Grande region and deter illegal crossings, as well as disrupt narcotics trafficking and other criminal activity along the southern border, the agency said.<\/p>\n
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