President Donald Trump said he will declare a national emergency and federalize Washington, DC, after Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office stopped cooperating with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Reuters reported.
Trump has already put the city’s police under federal control and deployed over 2,000 troops and ICE agents to patrol the capital. He accused “Radical Left Democrats” of pushing the mayor’s decision and warned he would fully federalize the city if police refuse to work with ICE.
Mayor Bowser, who once credited federal support for reducing crime, has not commented on Trump’s threat, according to Reuters.
