Bondi strips power from DC police chief, rescinds sanctuary city protections

Prosecutor Bam Bondi issued an order from two pages on Thursday to cancel the protection of illegal immigration in Washington, DC, and to name the “Emergency Police Commissioner” in the city police administration in the city.

Bondi, entitled “Restore safety and security for the County of Colombia”, was mostly the goal of the city of the sanctuary in the country’s capital, which led to any matter that limits how the capital police officers managed to deal with interactions and accidents with illegal immigrants.

She also stripped the authority of the Metro Police Commander Pamela Smith by naming the Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole in his capacity as the Ministry of Emergency Police Commissioner, giving him all the “acquired authorities and duties” in this position.

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Cole has the ability to issue public requests, executive orders and written directives that affect all members of the administration, and the current administration leadership must obtain his approval before issuing their own directives.

Bondi has also explicitly canceled three orders issued by the Metro Police during the past two years related to illegal immigration – and an executive order issued by Smith earlier on Thursday limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

The Director of the Drug Control Department, Terry Cole, “Emergency Police Commissioner”, was appointed to the Metropolitan Police Department under the Trump administration crime campaign. (Virginia.gov)

While Smith stated that the metro employees can now help “exchange information about people who are not in MPD nursery” and provide “a transfer to the employees of the FBI and the detainees”, the employees have banned the conduct of “any inquiries through any database only for the purpose of inquiring about” migration. “

“Members may not arrest individuals based on the orders of federal immigration only or detainees as long as there is no additional criminal order or a basic crime that the individual is subject to arrest,” and he mentioned the matter.

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Bondi canceled this after hours. It also suspended the general order in June 2024, which limits inquiries in the event of immigration and a general order in October 2023 only prohibits arrests due to federal immigration orders.

On Thursday, Bondi concluded: “To the extent that the rulings in this system conflict with any current MPD directions, these directives are canceled.”

The Metropolitan Police Administration in Washington, DC, will not work under the policies of the campus city and will work with the federal authorities in immigration, according to AG PAM Bondi. (Getty Images)

This comes after president Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday announcing the crime emergency in the country’s capital and announced a acquisition of the police administration.

Since then, the enforcement of the federal law and the National Guard has been visible throughout the region. On Wednesday night alone, many agencies arrested 45 people – 29 of whom are illegal immigrants – as part of the major crime campaign.

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“Residents of Colombia, thousands of Americans who move to the province to work every day, and millions of tourists from all over the world who visit our nation are entitled to a sense of safety and freedom from the scourge of violent crime,” Bondi’s order.