WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Immigration advocates took to the halls of the Wilson Building demanding that officers with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) stop patrolling and assisting federal immigration enforcement agencies following the end of President Donald Trump's federal surge over the District

Last month, Mayor Muriel Bowser outlined how DC would coordinate with federal agencies after the expiration of the president's crisis. The order includes agencies from the Justice Department, but does not include immigration enforcement agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

"The federal emergency declaration has ended, and still we see joint enforcement actions between MPD and ICE and CBP," Nithya Nathan-Pineau, at

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