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President Donald Trump said a new directive allowing the Metropolitan Police Department to disclose information to federal immigration authorities about those they pull over at traffic stops is a step in the right direction — and signaled that other cities could also face a similar policy.

The order, which Police Chief Pamela Smith approved Thursday, comes as Trump moved to federalize the nation’s capital’s police force and mobilize 800 National Guard troops to address crime in Washington.

"What you're saying is that it was a very positive thing," Trump told reporters about the new order Thursday. "When they stop people, they find they're illegal, they report them, they give them to us, etc., that's a very positive thing."

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