Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful

The order establishes the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, chaired by the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor, to coordinate federal and local law enforcement in the District. The Task Force is directed to pursue maximum enforcement of federal immigration law in the D.C. metro area, monitor the city's sanctuary-city status, assist the Metropolitan Police Department with recruitment and capabilities, facilitate concealed carry licensing, review pretrial-detention policies, combat fare evasion in the transit system, and deploy a stronger federal law enforcement presence at landmark locations such as the National Mall, Union Station, and Rock Creek Park.

It separately directs the Secretary of the Interior — in consultation with a range of federal officials — to develop and implement a beautification program covering federal and local facilities, monuments, parks, and roadways. The Secretary is also ordered to immediately issue a directive to the National Park Service requiring prompt removal and cleanup of homeless encampments and graffiti from federal land in the District. The order does not create enforceable individual rights and is subject to available appropriations.

D.C. residents, commuters, and tourists who use public spaces and transit; homeless individuals encamped on National Park Service land; the Metropolitan Police Department; federal law enforcement personnel deployed under the Task Force; and businesses and property owners near targeted beautification areas.

Increased federal law enforcement presence and immigration enforcement will directly affect people in the D.C. metro area. Homeless individuals on National Park Service land face immediate encampment removal. Residents and visitors will see coordinated federal-local efforts to clean up monuments, parks, and transit systems.

The Task Force operates under the Homeland Security Advisor and draws representatives from nine named departments and offices, with authority to add others. It coordinates with local bodies such as the Metropolitan Police Department and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority but cannot compel their participation. The Task Force reports to the President as needed; the Attorney General separately assesses whether additional executive action is required based on public-safety conditions. The Secretary of the Interior manages the beautification program independently, issuing the NPS encampment-removal directive immediately and developing the broader beautification plan in consultation with other officials.