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.

The police chief’s order establishes that Metropolitan Police Department officers may now share information with immigration agencies regarding people not in custody.

The police chief of Washington, D.C., ordered an increase in cooperation between local officers and federal immigration agents on Thursday, a development that ramps up the stakes in an already

Congress is preparing for a pitched fight over Washington, D.C., crime as President Donald Trump pursues a federal takeover of the district. When lawmakers return in September, they could have on their hands a pair of requests to expand the president’s federal crackdown on carjackings and other acts of violence in the District of Columbia.