Most of his customers and fellow vendors, he said, have “just disappeared” — particularly if they speak Spanish.The abnormally quiet street was further proof of how President Trump's decision to flood the nation's capital with federal law enforcement and immigration agents has rippled through the city.

Washington's Columbia Heights, usually lively with vendors, has been abnormally quiet, reflecting the impact of President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement surge. While troop deployments and foot patrols in downtown areas and around the National Mall have gotten the most attention,

President Donald Trump's administration this week ordered federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to be more aggressive in pursuing criminal cases against people arrested as part of a crackdown in the nation's capital,