President Donald Trump and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Cash Patel announced a major update Wednesday on the administration's sweeping crime-fighting efforts.
Patel announced that during Operation Summer Heat, from June 24 to September 20, 2025, officials made 8,629 arrests, seized 2,261 firearms, 421 kilograms of fentanyl and nearly 45,000 kilograms of cocaine. Arrests of violent criminals have also increased by 86% since former President Joe Biden's administration.
In seven months, federal law enforcement arrested a record 28,600 violent criminals, Patel said.
“This is what happens when you take away the guns. This number is historic by any measure: 28,000 people were arrested. Only violent criminals,” Patel said in the Oval Office. (RELATED: Residents in One of D.C.'s Toughest Neighborhoods Say Trump Needs to Fight Crime)
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The FBI has arrested between 15,000 and 17,113 violent criminals during the Biden administration, according to the White House.
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Over the past few months, FBI offices in all 50 states have made combating violent crime a top law enforcement priority, and that's exactly what they've done—catching and arresting thousands of the most violent and dangerous criminals. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/TzuHGmUcwK
— White House (@WhiteHouse) October 15, 2025
The administration has moved to combat crime in major U.S. cities, deploying the National Guard to increase arrests in those areas. In Washington, D.C., federal law enforcement has arrested more than 3,500 criminals since the federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department in August. according to for CBS News.
The National Guard was also deployed in Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago, Illinois. Memphis Security Task Force arrested as of Monday at least 800 people, including murder and drug suspects.
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