The police chief of Washington, D.C., ordered an increase in cooperation between local officers and federal immigration agents on Thursday.

The attorney general’s new order represents a partial retreat for the Trump administration in the face of intense skepticism from a judge over the legality of Bondi’s earlier directive that

The Trump administration agreed to leave the D.C. police chief in control of the department, but the District’s police were ordered to aid immigration efforts.

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,

In her order, DC Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said, “members may assist federal immigration enforcement agencies," including in traffic stops.

AG Bondi, in new memo, directs DC police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement 'notwithstanding' city law.

Washington, DC, Police Chief Pamela Smith signed an executive order Thursday allowing DC police officers to share information about people not in their custody with federal immigration enforcement agencies such as ICE — as President Donald Trump continues his federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital and crackdown on illegal immigration.

Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will now be able to assist federal agents with immigration enforcement in the District of Columbia, according to a memo issued days after

House and Senate Democrats on Friday introduced legislation that would end the Trump administration’s control of Washington’s police department, part of an escalating effort to fight President Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital.