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The first teams of 800 National Guard troops to be deployed to Washington on the orders of President Donald Trump have arrived in the US capital, placing local police under federal control in an effort to reduce crime in the city.
The arrival came Tuesday morning, just hours after Trump announced he would activate the Guard and take control of the department. He cited a crime emergency, something city officials dispute, arguing that it is already being significantly reduced.
The law allows Trump to control the police department for a month, but how aggressive the federal presence will be and how it might evolve remain open questions.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser argues that all power belongs to Trump and that her administration can do nothing but obey him and get the best out of him.
Section 740 of the Internal Revenue Code allows the president to take over Washington's police force for 48 hours, with a possible extension of up to 30 days, during a time of emergency. No president has done this before, said Monica Hopkins, executive director of the Washington branch of the American Civil Liberties Union.
"This should concern everyone," she said, "not just Washington."
For Trump, the push to take over public safety in Washington reflects an escalation of his aggressive approach to law enforcement. The District of Columbia’s status as a federal district created by Congress gives him a unique opportunity to advance his crime-fighting agenda, even as he has not proposed solutions to the root causes of homelessness or crime.
Trump's national emergency declaration is part of a broader pattern in his second term: He has declared national emergencies on issues ranging from border security to economic tariffs, effectively allowing the government to rule by executive order. In many cases, he has moved forward while the courts have resolved them.
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