President Donald Trump on Sept. 15 threatened to declare a national emergency in Washington after Mayor Muriel Bowser said local police would no longer cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and ordered a 30-day federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on Aug. 11, deploying federal law enforcement and National Guard troops to combat crime in the city.
With the emergency now ended, Trump said Bowser has notified the government that the MPD will end its cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), something he strongly opposes.
“The Federal Government, under my auspices as President of the United States of America, has stepped into the complete criminal mess that was Washington, D.C., our Nation’s Capital,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “Because of this, D.C. has gone from one of the most dangerous and murder ridden cities in the U.S.A., and even around the world, to one of the safest — in just a few weeks.”…
Trump Says He Will Declare National Emergency If Washington Stops Cooperating With ICE
