WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser gives update on federal takeover of law enforcement in the district

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser gave an update Wednesday about the increase in federal personnel in the nation’s capital at a press conference where she discussed the takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, the crime situation and the future of Union Station.

Watch Bowser’s remarks in the video player above.

Bowser said the federal surge has helped in fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides and led to an extreme reduction in carjackings.

But the surge has led to a “break in trust between, police and community, especially with new federal partners.”

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“We know having masked ICE agents in the community has not worked,” Bowser said. “And National Guard from other states has not been an efficient use of those resources.”

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has increased federal law enforcement and immigration agents in the nation’s capital while also taking over the city’s police department and activating members of the National Guard, saying he’s fighting violent crime.

Local police department statistics, though, show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years.

This also comes as the Trump administration is taking control of Washington’s Union Station from Amtrak, marking another federal intervention in the nation’s capital.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the move Wednesday during the launch of the NextGen Acela high-speed train. Duffy says Union Station has “fallen into disrepair” when it should be a “point of pride” for the city, where Trump’s Republican administration has increased federal law enforcement and immigration agents.

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Duffy echoes Trump’s call for $2 billion from Congress to beautify Washington as part of his crackdown on the city.

National Guard troops have been patrolling Union Station, which is walking distance from the U.S. Capitol.

Duffy says Trump wants Union Station to be beautiful again.

The Trump administration’s move to take over Union Station follows other attempts to put the District of Columbia further under the president’s control.

“It is a an important regional asset as an important asset, asset for the eastern seaboard, is an important asset for the nation,” said Bowser.

“So it is appropriate, in my view, for the federal government to make the necessary investments in the transit transformation of Union Station.”