Did someone swap out the usual talking points at D.C. City Hall for a copy of the Constitution and a calculator? Because suddenly, Washington, D.C.’s mayor is acting like she discovered common sense — and it’s freaking out the Left. After years of proudly waving the sanctuary city flag and painting massive Black Lives Matter murals on taxpayer-funded streets, Mayor Muriel Bowser is apparently trying out a new identity: practical politician.
In a move that would’ve been unthinkable a few years ago, Bowser is now proposing to repeal the very sanctuary city law she once championed. You read that right. The same mayor who once boasted about D.C. being a “proud sanctuary city” under President Trump is now quietly trying to erase that policy. She’s doing it low-key, of course — sliding it into a budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, probably hoping her left-wing base doesn’t notice until it’s too late.
According to Axios, the proposal includes language that would allow D.C. police and city officials to actually cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That means they could inquire about a suspect’s immigration status, assist with transfers, and let ICE interview detainees — all the stuff that sane cities have been doing for decades in the name of law and order. In Bowser’s D.C., though, this kind of proposal is like dropping a steak into a vegan potluck.
So what changed? Did she wake up and realize that the open-border policies she once loved are bankrupting cities and overwhelming social services? Did the crime wave finally get too big to ignore, even for someone surrounded by armed security and cushy government perks? Maybe the flood of illegal immigrants — many of them being bused straight into D.C. — finally hit home when the city couldn’t keep up with housing, healthcare, and school demands.
Whatever the reason, let’s not pretend this is out of political courage. More likely, it’s damage control. With President Trump poised to return to the White House and Democrat-run cities collapsing under the weight of their own policies, Bowser’s doing what any career politician does when reality kicks in: scramble.
Now, will the D.C. Council actually approve the change? That’s another story. The progressive wing is already howling, ready to fight it tooth and nail. But still — watching a Democrat mayor quietly pivot toward Trump-style immigration enforcement? That’s progress worth noting. Maybe, just maybe, reality is finally forcing some Democrats to wake up.
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