VIDEO: ICE data shows surge in DC-area arrests of people without criminal convictions

Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington. Photo by The Associated Press

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President Trump campaigned on the promise to target immigrants with criminal convictions for deportation. New data shows his immigration crackdown has included thousands more people in the D.C. area who have no criminal charges. News4’s Ted Oberg crunched the numbers.

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