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"D.C. will not remain a sanctuary city, actively shielding criminal aliens," Bondi said on Fox News Thursday.
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Bondi's order paused a local policy that previously blocked D.C. police from transferring noncitizen detainees to ICE, based on so-called "detainer" requests issued by the federal agency, unless there was a criminal warrant signed by a judge.
Late Thursday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser posted a letter authored by District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who argued Bondi's directives were not authorized by federal law.
"It is my opinion that the Bondi Order is unlawful, and that you are not legally obligated to follow it," Schwalb said in the letter, which was addressed to Smith, the Washington, D.C. police chief.