FROM FOX NEWS: Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a two-page order on Thursday rescinding illegal immigration protections in Washington, D.C., and naming an “emergency police commissioner” for the city’s Metropolitan Police Department.
Bondi’s order, titled “Restoring Safety and Security to the District of Columbia,” mostly took aim at sanctuary city policies within the nation’s capital, rescinding any order that limits how Metropolitan police officers can handle interactions and incidents with illegal immigrants.
She also stripped power from Metro Police Chief Pamela Smith by naming Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole as the department’s “emergency police commissioner,” granting him all the “powers and duties vested” in the position
Cole has the ability to issue general orders, executive orders and written directives affecting all members of the department, and existing department leadership must receive his approval before issuing directives of their own.
Bondi has also rescinded the following three specific orders recently issued by the Metro police:
- an executive order issued by Smith on Thursday limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities
- a June 2024 general order limiting inquiries into immigration status
- an October 2023 general order preventing arrests solely for federal immigration warrants
“To the extent that provisions in this order conflict with any existing MPD directives, those directives are hereby rescinded,” Bondi concluded in her order.
DC’s sanctuary policies no longer apply: we are making our nation’s capital safe again.
At President Trump’s direction, our agents are carrying out arrests across DC and shutting down violent crime. pic.twitter.com/Cw6NKyZlc0
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 15, 2025
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