Here's What Deployed Federal Agencies Say They Are Doing During Protests

Government Executive: Federal agencies will continue their deployments of personnel to protests across the country, top officials said on Thursday, with employees involved in a variety of investigations, crowd control and enforcement of curfews.

The ongoing presence will remain primarily in Washington, despite consecutive nights of peaceful protests leading to the mayor there eliminating any curfew. Most of the personnel come from the Justice Department, though the Homeland Security Department has deployed Federal Protective Service and Customs and Border Protection employees.

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