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President Trump’s Memphis crime task force arrested 2,800 people and issued 28,000 traffic citations since September, overwhelming the county’s courts and jail.

The jail, designed for 2,400, now holds 3,195 inmates with hundreds overflowing to other facilities, while courts face backlogs and urgent funding requests.

Critics in the majority-Black city say the task force unfairly targets minorities and immigrants, while officials worry about months or years of case delays.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A task force ordered by President Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tenn., has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail in wa

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