Pam Bondi Dismantles DC’s Sanctuary City Policies

Attorney General Pam Bondi declared on Thursday an end to Washington, D.C.’s sanctuary city era and ordered the immediate dismantling of policies that protect criminal aliens from federal immigration enforcement.

Bondi ordered D.C. officials to end sanctuary city policies and place Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrence C. Cole in charge of the Metropolitan Police to combat rising violent crime and restore public safety. During an appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Bondi said that the nation’s capital will no longer serve as a refuge for lawbreakers, vowing to restore order and safety to a city she says has been overrun by progressive neglect.

“D.C. will not remain a sanctuary city actively shielding criminal aliens, will not happen. Under Donald Trump’s directive, D.C. will become safe again and it will become clean again. And I think what’s happening is it’s a combination of an extremely divisive city council,” Bondi told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Bondi’s Thursday night order also overruled a Metropolitan Police directive, issued hours earlier, that prevented officers from arresting individuals solely based on immigration warrants and restricted police from sharing certain information with federal immigration authorities.

Bondi tore into Washington, D.C.’s justice system, blasting liberal judges, lenient bail policies, and unchecked juvenile crime, then praised law enforcement officers eager to restore order alongside federal agents.

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“You have liberal judges. You have no cash bail, as you said, you have juveniles running rampant over this city and you have a Metro police department, they want to do their jobs. And we have been out there for the last few nights with all of our federal agencies,” Bondi said.

Bondi further detailed the results of the federal crackdown in D.C.

“Sean, they have been working so hard, working together. We’ve made 156 arrests. 27 firearms have been seized. Child pornographic material has been seized. Over 200 fentanyl pills taken off the street,” Bondi told host Sean Hannity. (RELATED: DC Police Agree To Step Up ICE Cooperation After Trump Crackdown)

Trump placed Washington’s police force under federal oversight on Monday after Edward Coristine, a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee known as “Big Balls,” was seriously hurt while trying to stop a violent car theft. Democrats claim that violent crime in Washington has dropped by about one-third, but the data from Metropolitan Police Department’s statistics reportedly exclude aggravated assault and felony assault, both of which are legally defined as violent crimes under D.C. law.

A gunman shot and killed an intern for Republican Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, on June 30 near the White House. An alleged pro-Hamas activist carried out a shooting in May that killed two Israeli Embassy employees attending an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.

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