Bondi orders DC to end sanctuary city policies and appoints emergency police commissioner
In an order, Bondi declared that Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, is now operating as the district's 'emergency police commissioner,' giving him full control over the police department during the federal takeover. And, the memo said, MPD leaders 'must receive approval from Commissioner Cole before issuing any further directives.'
Bondi further ordered the MPD to abandon a directive its chief signed earlier in the day giving officers limited ability to share information with federal immigration officials.
Justice Department officials believed that earlier directive was meant to reinforce the type of sanctuary city policies that DOJ has vowed to put an end to, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
In addition to ordering that the directive be rescinded, Bondi instructed DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to get rid of two additional police policies aimed at protecting undocumented migrants, including one that prevents MPD from arresting an individual solely for federal immigration warrants.
The move makes clear that the federal police takeover in DC will go hand-in-hand with the Trump administration's hardline immigration enforcement goals, using control over law enforcement in the district as a way to put an end to the city's laws that protect undocumented migrants.
'DC will not remain a sanctuary city actively shielding criminal aliens,' Bondi said in an interview on Fox News Thursday. 'Will not happen.'
CNN has reached out to the mayor's office and MPD for comment.
Christina Henderson, a member of the DC City Council, responded to the order on social media Thursday, writing 'Respectfully, the Attorney General does not have the authority to revoke laws.'
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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