Trump threatens to federalize DC over ICE cooperation
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threatened in a September 15 [2025] Truth Social post to federalize Washington DC, again and call a national emergency after the city's mayor Muriel Bowser, said she does not expect the Metropolitan Police Department to work with ICE on immigration enforcement after Trump's 30-day takeover ended.
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Trump signed an executive order August 11 [2025] invoking a section of the federal Home Rule Act of 1973 that allows him to direct the district to giver his administration control of the police department fro 30 days. His emergency takeover has since expired.
..... "Immigration enforcement is not what MPD does. And with the end of the emergency, it won't be what MPD does in the future," Bowser told reporters at a September 10 [2025] news conference.
..... Maintaining a federalized police force beyond 30 days requires action from Congress.