As Washington, D.C., nears the end of the first full weekend with the police department under federal control and National Guard deployed in the city, the White House has announced their deployment of federal officers has resulted in more than 300 arrests since they began this enforcement strategy a little more than a week ago.

All told, officers have made 308 arrests since the operation began on Aug. 7, seizing 53 firearms in the process. A White House official says 135 of those arrests — almost half — have been of undocumented immigrants. Overnight Saturday into early Sunday morning, officers made 68 arrests and seized 15 illegal firearms. These arrests included:

Aggravated Assault, Assault on a Police Officer, Resisting Arrest and Possession of a Prohibited Weapon

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