That’s according to Muriel Bowser, the three-term mayor of the nation’s capital, speaking at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit today.

“It’s an unsettling time, and I would point directly to the shifting footprint of the federal government in Washington,” Bowser said.

In August, President Donald Trump declared a “crime emergency” and deployed members of the National Guard, who continue to patrol parts of the city.

Violent crime in the city decreased by 35% between 2023 and 2024, and so far this year, it has decreased by 28%, according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. (Allies of the Trump administration have opened an investigation into whether police leadership “deliberately manipulated crime data.”) Since the arrival of the National Guard, crime has decreased in the D.C. area. In the first three weeks, violent crime dropped by about 10%. (The city is not crime free—as Trump has claimed.)

But beyond the National Guard, Bowser also pointed to how immigration action has sent a chill across the city. Between Jan. 20 and the end of July, ICE made 85 arrests in the nation’s capital, according to data obtained by the Deportation Data Project and reported by The New York Times. From early August to mid-September, arrests increased to around 1,200.

“What we’re seeing is just devastating impact on unprecedented immigration enforcement, and that has the impact, obviously, on individuals, on their families, on their ability to work, but it also has a big impact on business,” she said.

“People aren’t going to work,” she added. It’s something she expects will have a lasting impact across industries, such as hospitality, tourism, and construction.

Bowser has led Washington, D.C., through a series of unexpected events, including the pandemic and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And while some of her actions have disappointed some city residents, such as painting over of the “Black Lives Matter” street mural, she said she’s trying to “do the best that I can for the most people the fastest.”

Bowser said she will announce “at the appropriate time” if she will seek a fourth term next November.

Washington Mayor JoJo Burgess (D) remains frustrated and is issuing a message following a deadly shooting on North Main Street over the weekend. One person died, and another person remains in the hospital.

The deceased victim, Jullian Lassic, was just 20 years old.

“It just seems like every month they’re shooting,” one resident told KDKA-TV.

It’s a frustration felt among many others in Washington. The other victim, a man in his early 30s, is still in the hospital.

The mayor says that since the shooting, rumors and misinformation have swirled, and it’s leading to people taking matters into their own hands.

Mayor Burgess is determined to find out what happened and who is responsible.

“I watched a lady cry in my arms because her grandson is gone. There are people who say they know and love this individual, who were there. If you know and love this individual, and if you were there, you need to come and tell our detectives what happened,” Mayor Burgess said.

The mayor issued a statement on Tuesday morning to the community, saying that since the incident, there has been a lot of hearsay leading to vigilantism.

“People are reacting to things that have been put out to them, mostly on social media. Social media can be a demon sometimes. They are reacting to that,” Mayor Burgess said.

The other victim continues to fight for his life in the hospital. The family of Lassic will lay him to rest in the coming days.