Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded several DC police executive orders Thursday that restricted officers from arresting illegal migrants – vowing that the nation’s capital will not be a sanctuary jurisdiction under President Trump.
Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded several DC police executive orders Thursday that restricted officers from arresting illegal migrants – vowing that the nation’s capital will not be a sanctuary jurisdiction under President Trump.
“DC will not remain a sanctuary city. Actively shielding criminal aliens will not happen,” Bondi declared in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
The attorney general’s comments came as she issued a new directive voiding commands issued – as recently as earlier Thursday – by DC Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith.
Smith’s latest order had directed DC cops to only assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) taking part in Trump’s sweeping city crime crackdown by transporting migrants apprehended by ICE and sharing information about individuals detained during traffic stops.
The same order barred DC police from using law enforcement databases “solely for the purpose of inquiring about an individual’s immigration status” and making arrests “based solely on federal immigration warrants or detainers.”
DC police were also restricted from letting ICE know when jailed illegal migrants would be released, sharing photographs of them, allowing ICE to question them and holding them in custody at the request of federal immigration agents.
