White House:Bondi has “Officially ENDED” D.C. Sanctuary Policies

[Earl]

White House: Bondi has "officially ENDED" D.C. sanctuary policies​

• Rebecca Falconer,
• Russell Contreras

Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Trump at the White House on Monday. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered an end to Washington, D.C., sanctuary policies, a spokesperson for her office said Thursday evening.

The latest: D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb told the city's police chief on Thursday night that Bondi's directive that also saw DEA head Terry Cole appointed "emergency police commissioner" and enabling him to have the powers of the police chief was "unlawful."

Screenshot: White House rapid response team/Bondi spokesperson Chad Gilmartin/X

• When asked whether Schwalb's guidance in the letter to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith applied to Bondi's sanctuary policies order as well, a spokesperson for the D.C. mayor's office said the attorney general's legal findings speak to those issues as well."
• Representatives for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to Axios' Thursday night request for comment.

The big picture: The announcement comes amid a Trump administration crackdown of D.C. that's seen the president deploy hundreds of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement and Bondi take control of the city's police force.

Driving the news: The announcement was made in a wider directiveBondi issued that saw Drug Enforcement Administrator Terry Cole appointed "emergency police commissioner," enabling him to have the powers of the police chief.

• The action rescinds an Aug. 14 executive order signed by Smith that enabled officers to assist federal immigration authorities, but which Bondi spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said on X had "enforced sanctuary policies" and "prevented arrests solely for federal immigration warrants," among other restrictions.
• Bondi also rescinded an October 2023 general order for MPD that Gilmartin said prevented arrests solely for federal immigration warrants.
• The attorney general also directed the MPD to "FULLY ENFORCE" a section of the D.C. Code that "makes it unlawful to crowd or obstruct streets, public or private building entrances, passage through parks, and engage in or continue demonstrations where it is unlawful or after being told to cease engaging," according to Gilmartin.
• https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/trump-dc-bondi-sanctuary-policies-immigration

 

[Stone]

Hip hip hooray! Excellent job!

 

[FastLane]

Now cops can do their jobs.

 

[Kurmugeon]

Now we can focus of the problems of American Citizens.


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[Earl]

Only the far left Democrats/Socialist/Communist loons would side with criminals.

Sanctuary citiies protect the violent illegal criminals, not the citizens.

No more. Thank you, President Trump and A/G Bondi.