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ARTICLE VIEW:
Trump says he will call national emergency again in Washington, DC, if
police fail to cooperate with ICE
By Lauren Chadwick, CNN
Updated:
1:26 PM EDT, Mon September 15, 2025
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump said Monday he will call a national emergency
once again in Washington, DC, if local police do not cooperate with
immigration enforcement.
The president said overnight that his initial order had reduced crime
in the district but that if local police do not cooperate with
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, crime would rise again.
His comments come after the he declared in August expired last week.
Trump has said the move, which included sending in National Guard
troops, is necessary to fight crime and has threatened to target other
mostly Democratic-run cities. But critics have
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order on September 2 with
federal law enforcement indefinitely, clarifying however, that DC did
not need a “federal emergency.”
But her order did not mention ICE, with Bowser saying last week she did
not expect the local Metropolitan Police Department to participate in
immigration enforcement. Instead, she said she expected the department
to return to its “status quo.”
“Immigration enforcement is not what MPD does, and with the end of
the emergency, it won’t be what MPD does in the future,” she added.
“Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has presided over this violent criminal
takeover of our Capital for years, has informed the Federal Government
that the Metropolitan Police Department will no longer cooperate with
ICE in removing and relocating dangerous illegal aliens,” Trump wrote
Monday.
“If I allowed this to happen, CRIME would come roaring back. To the
people and businesses of Washington, D.C., DON’T WORRY, I AM WITH
YOU, AND WON’T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. I’ll call a National
Emergency, and Federalize, if necessary!!!”
While crime has decreased in Washington under the federal emergency,
that there’s now “no crime,” as Trump has often repeated.
Trump’s latest post marks a change in tone from his previous comments
about Bowser, whom he has praised in recent weeks for her cooperation
with federal authorities. White House officials even told CNN that
Trump did not mind — mainly because he felt the city has taken steps
to cooperate.
Washington’s Home Rule Act — which grants Congress oversight and
authority over the capital city while allowing residents limited
self-governance — allows the president to for 30 days during an
emergency, but any extension would have required congressional action.
Trump, meanwhile, has threatened to send National Guard troops to other
cities in recent weeks as part of a crack down on crime, including
Chicago, Boston and most-recently Memphis, Tennessee, where officials
are bracing for a potential operation this week.
The president ended up after advisers warned him that sending in troops
without the Illinois governor’s support could create legal headaches,
sources familiar with the matter told CNN last week.
In Washington, DC, the federal operation is highly unpopular, with
roughly 8 in 10 residents opposing it, according to a Washington
Post-Schar School poll.
As part of the operation, there has been a with immigrant workers
saying people feel scared in the city.
In late August, when Bowser was asked whether was a pretext to enforce
the administration’s immigration efforts, the mayor said that an
order from Attorney General Pam Bondi “almost exclusively focused on
immigration enforcement and homeless encampment enforcement.”
“So I’ll let you draw your own conclusion,” Bowser said.
Bowser’s office declined to comment on Trump’s post.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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