The order effectively strips the Metropolitan Police Department commissioner of any authority days after Trump launched a federal crackdown on crime in the city.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening directed the Washington, DC, mayor and police department to end the capital’s sanctuary city policies and formalized the federal government’s control of DC police.

Attorney General Pam Bondi declared on Thursday an end to Washington, D.C.’s sanctuary city era and ordered the immediate dismantling of policies that protect criminal aliens from federal immigration enforcement.