Trump wants to use traffic stops to target undocumented immigrants

Driving the news: Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith issued an executive order on Thursday allowing officers making traffic stops to notify ICE agents about encounters with undocumented immigrants.

• "That's a great step, if they're doing that," Trump said on Thursday during remarks in the Oval Office. "Yeah, I think that's going to happen all over the country. We want to stop crime."
• Earlier this week, Trump suggested similar law enforcement crackdowns in Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles, Baltimore and New York City, which have recorded drops in violent crime.

State of play: D.C. has a long-standing pro-immigration policy, including allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections and limiting cooperation with federal immigration agencies.

• When asked by reporters, Trump did not say whether his administration pressured Smith to change D.C.'s policy.

Zoom out: The Immigrant Justice Center advises undocumented immigrants pulled over in traffic stops not to discuss immigration or citizenship status with the police, immigration agents or other officials.

Go deeper: These are the cities Trump targeted next after federalizing D.C. police