Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Date Issued: March 28, 2025
Executive Order #14252
Topic: Criminal Justice, Immigration
WHAT DOES THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DO? This executive order establishes the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, a group to be composed of federal government officials tasked with fighting crime in D.C. by employing the following strategies: Redirecting resources to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants. Accelerating the process of issuing concealed carry firearm licenses in D.C. Increasing the federal law enforcement presence in key areas of D.C., including the National Mall and Union Station, the city’s main train station. Deploying federal law enforcement officers to address misdemeanor crimes like public intoxication, Metro fare evasion, and traffic violations. Superseding D.C.’s current pretrial detention policy in order to incarcerate people who have not been convicted of crimes “to the maximum extent of the law.” The order also instructs the Secretary of the Interior to lead a coalition of Trump Administration officials in developing a plan to beautify D.C. and increase “safety and prosperity.” The order demands that the plan include the removal of all “homeless or vagrant encampments” on federal land.
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