WASHINGTON — As President Trump's federal surge in Washington enters its fourth week, civil liberties advocates are raising concerns about the long-term impact on the nation's capital and warning that the District could serve as a testing ground for similar interventions in other cities.

The ACLU of D.C. is fielding calls from concerned residents and monitoring what Executive Director Monica Hopkins describes as an "occupation" involving National Guard troops, ICE agents and federal law enforcement patrolling city streets. Even as Trump's original crime emergency declaration is set to expire, the National Guard announced troops will remain deployed in the District through November.

"The ACLU is obviously looking at what is going on on the ground and monitoring all of the things that we a

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