Mayor halted support for immigration enforcement after president’s 30-day police takeover ended
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Donald Trump on Monday threatened to again take control of Washington DC’s police department if the city did not cooperate with his plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
The president’s threat comes days after the expiration of a 30-day takeover of the Washington Metropolitan police department (MPD), which Trump ordered in response to his claim the capital was experiencing an “out of control” crime wave. He also ordered in national guard troops and federal agents, who remain in the city.
“Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has presided over this violent criminal takeover of our Capital for years, has informed the Federal Government that the Metropolitan Police Department will no longer cooperate with ICE in removing and relocating dangerous illegal aliens. If I allowed this to happen, CRIME would come roaring back,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
