Attorney General Pam Bondi’s latest directive strengthens federal takeover, directly challenging the city’s sanctuary policies amid ongoing legal battle.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new order Friday evening demanding that the District of Columbia’s police force fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities, a move that escalates the Trump administration’s efforts to take control of the city’s law enforcement.

The directive explicitly requires the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to work “fully and completely” with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal immigration agencies, directly confronting the city’s long-standing sanctuary policies.

This order follows an earlier directive on Thursday in which Bondi placed Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA

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