WASHINGTON

Washington, D.C. police officers are now allowed notify federal immigration enforcement agencies about individuals not in custody, including during traffic stops, under an executive order issued Thursday by Police Chief Pamela Smith.

The order, reported by local channel NBC4 News, was issued days after President Donald Trump took control of the Metropolitan Police Department and deployed 800 National Guard members to the capital, invoking Section 740 of the 1973 Home Rule Act as the legal pretext for federalizing DC police.

According to the report, the order says members “shall not make any inquiry through any database solely for the purpose of inquiring about an individual’s immigration status.”

It also reported that a driver stopped Tuesday for lacking a license was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

Trump’s border czar Tom Homan told Fox News that under federal control, “D.C. is not going to be a sanctuary city (for immigrants),” adding that officers will turn over “criminal, illegal aliens” to ICE, whose recent sweeping raids have drawn both controversy and condemnation.