Ostensibly, Washington, is flooded with federal military personnel and agents because of how the city is besieged by violent crime. But Wednesday night’s traffic safety checkpoint nonsense looks a lot more like the Trump administration is using its takeover of the city to expand its immigration crackdown.

Beginning around 8 PM, over 20 law enforcement officers began stopping cars at a busy intersection in D.C. Though the traffic checkpoint was theoretically conducted by the Metropolitan Police Department, motorists were also greeted with Homeland Security Investigations agents and Enforcement and Removal Operations agents, the latter of which is part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ERO agents are the ones who arrest and remove undocumented immigrants. Must just be some crazy coinc

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