The President’s attempt to end cash bail risks increasing pretrial detention, which is not a real solution to preventing crime in D.C. It can actually have a negative effect on public safety, by separating people from their support networks, jobs, and housing.

The president relied on a phony emergency as an excuse to overstep his power, and now we have a real emergency – the threat of an unnecessary and disorienting flood of armed military forces on D.C. streets.

Civil Liberties Org Sounds Alarm as Trump Administration Deploys More National Guard Troops to Scare D.C. Communities   

We applaud D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb for defending the District against this abuse of power. The president’s actions are about consolidating power and creating fear in the nation’s capital. The president’s own words — promising to let police ‘do whatever the hell they want’ — raise grave concerns about civil rights abuses, particularly for Black, Brown, and unhoused residents.

Our police should serve the people of D.C., not ICE’s deportation machine.

Without D.C. Statehood, D.C. remains vulnerable to this kind of dangerous political exploitation.

The technology is capable of tracking what people say, who they know, and where they go.

A federal court today blocked President Trump’s proclamation aimed at completely shutting down asylum at the border.

Every District resident deserves safety and security. But several bills passed by the D.C. Council today rely on failed methods to address crime and ultimately do not keep us safe from abuse of power.