Trump threatens to declare national emergency in Washington DC if mayor doesn’t back ICE raids
Trump claims crime will ‘roar back’ if DC resists immigration raids
- Donald Trump has threatened to declare a national emergency in Washington, D.C., criticizing Mayor Muriel Bowser over crime and immigration policies.
- He claimed his recent deployment of the National Guard had led to “virtually no crime” but warned that crime would “roar back” if D.C. pushed back against ICE anti-immigration raids.
- Trump accused Bowser of informing the federal government that the Metropolitan Police Department would no longer cooperate with ICE in removing “dangerous illegal aliens.”
- His 30-day emergency declaration to federalize the district's police force expired last week, with the administration celebrating it as a success.
- Official figures indicated a 39 per cent drop in violent crime and a 53 per cent decrease in homicides during the surge, while Bowser also reported an 87 per cent reduction in carjackings.