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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Chris Stein in Washington

‘An intimidation tactic’: Trump’s show of force dismays Washington residents

armed masked men walk down a street at night
Members of the DEA and police patrol at The Wharf after Donald Trump's federal takeover of the Metropolitan police department, on Wednesday. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Washington DC’s only Home Depot was busy with contractors and customers on Thursday morning – but the Hispanic day laborers who usually gather and wait for work under the parking lot’s sparse trees were nowhere to be found.

Two days earlier, masked federal agents swarmed the area and made several arrests, which were photographed by bystanders and posted on social media. Juwan Brooks, a store employee who witnessed the raid, said the agents grabbed anyone who appeared Hispanic.

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