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Original Date Announced
March 27, 2025Section 3(c)(i)-(ii) of Executive Order 14252, "Making the District of Columbia Beautiful Again," directs a newly created "D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force" to ensure maximum enforcement of federal immigration law by "redirecting available Federal, State, or local law enforcement resources to apprehend and deport illegal aliens in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area." It also directs the Task Force to "monitor" the District of Columbia’s sanctuary-city status and its compliance with immigration enforcement.
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2025.03.27 EO - Making the District of Columbia Safe and BeautifulEffective Date
March 27, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
August 14, 20252025.08.14 Reported: Bondi Tightens Trump Administration’s Grip on D.C. Police - The New York Times
The New York Times reports that Attorney General Pam Bondi has rescinded D.C. policies preventing the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) from assisting with federal immigration-enforcement efforts, and invested Drug Enforcement Administration administrator Terry Cole with "all the powers and duties" of the D.C. police chief as "emergency police commissioner." The D.C. police, including its chief, "must now receive approval from Mr. Cole before issuing any directive." The Bondi directive also "declar[ed] invalid [sanctuary-]city regulations dating to 2024 and 2023."
Reportedly, D.C. attorney general Brian Schwalb advised Mayor Muriel Bowser that the U.S. Attorney General's directive was "unlawful" and that the mayor was "not legally obligated to follow it." In an advisory letter, he stated that Congress's 1973 Home Rule Act does not authorize the President to "'alter the chain of command,' to rescind or suspend orders or to 'otherwise determine how the District pursues purely local law enforcement.'"
For the District of Columbia's lawsuit challenging the federal seizure of MPD, please see this entry.
View DocumentCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: Enforcement Sanctuary Restrictions InteriorAgencies Affected: State & Local Entities Other ICE DHSAssociated or Derivative Policies
- January 20, 2025 EO 14159 § 17 directs DOJ and DHS to take civil and criminal enforcement actions against “sanctuary jurisdictions”
- January 20, 2025 EO 14159 § 11 directs DHS to maximally authorize state and local law enforcement to be immigration officers
- August 14, 2025 AG Bondi issues order suspending DC laws limiting MPD cooperation with immigration enforcement
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