The influx came the morning after the Republican president announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the District’s police department, something the law allows him to do temporarily.

Trump says grass across DC's parks needs replaced, vowing not only to tackle crime in the nation's capital but to make D.C. "so beautiful again."

DC homeless camps cleared out in Trump takeover as Bondi replaces police commissioner with DEA chief - ‘I’d like to invite the president to spend some time here in a tent with us,’ one homeless person

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” as she carries out President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to take over the Washington police department.

"There's some who think this is good. Others say this is worrisome," "Morning Joe" host Jonathan Lemire shares.

D.C. officials expressed that the surge will allow them to strengthen their relationship with federal law enforcement for future collaborations.

Trump said this week that homeless people will be moved far from the city in his crackdown on crime. But details of the plan to do so are unclear.