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Executive Order 14252

Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful

This executive order establishes a federal interagency task force to combat crime in Washington, D.C. through enhanced immigration enforcement, police support, and prosecution policies, while directing the Interior Secretary to implement a beautification program including monument restoration, encampment removal, and graffiti cleanup. It reinstates enforcement priorities from a prior Trump-era monument protection order and explicitly targets the District's sanctuary-city policies.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 14559

Impact dates

  1. Task Force report to President on safety in D.C. and task progress

  2. Interior Secretary directive to National Park Service for encampment/graffiti removal

Key directives

  • Establish D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force chaired by Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor
  • Task Force to direct maximum enforcement of federal immigration law and apprehend/deport illegal aliens in D.C. metro area
  • Task Force to monitor D.C. sanctuary-city status and compliance with federal immigration law
  • Task Force to assist MPD with recruitment, retention, and capabilities
  • Task Force to assist with increasing speed and lowering cost of concealed carry license processing in D.C.
  • Attorney General to assess whether public-safety circumstances require additional executive action
  • Secretary of Interior to develop and implement beautification program for D.C.
  • Interior Secretary to immediately issue directive to National Park Service for prompt removal of homeless/vagrant encampments and graffiti on federal land
  • Reinstate enforcement priorities from Executive Order 13933 (June 26, 2020) as reinstated by Executive Order 14189 (January 29, 2025)

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Establishment of D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force
  • Interior Secretary directive to National Park Service for immediate encampment and graffiti removal

Near term (90d)

  • Task Force coordination on immigration enforcement, concealed carry licensing, WMATA fare evasion
  • Assessment of D.C. forensic crime lab accreditation assistance
  • Federal prosecutorial policy review on pretrial detention

Long term

  • Beautification program development and implementation
  • Monument restoration and damage repair
  • Potential additional executive action based on Attorney General assessment

Risks & tensions

  • Federal-local tension: Order explicitly targets D.C. sanctuary-city policies and may conflict with local governance preferences
  • Homeless encampment removal on federal land raises civil rights and humanitarian concerns
  • Immigration enforcement coordination with MPD may strain federal-local police relations
  • Concealed carry licensing assistance could conflict with D.C.'s historically strict gun laws
  • Vague 'unpermitted disturbances and demonstrations' language risks First Amendment concerns
  • Dependent on appropriations availability per Section 5(b)
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