Smith’s directive, first reported by NBC Washington, also allows cops to assist in transporting migrants detained by the feds.

The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of department after a court hearing.

“This is the gravest threat to Home Rule DC has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb said in a statement on social media.

A standoff over the Trump administration’s push to take over law enforcement in the nation’s capital appeared to near a resolution after the Trump administration agreed to let Washington DC’s police chief remain in charge of her department.

Under pressure from a federal judge, the Justice Department clarified that Washington’s police chief will, for now, retain control of the city’s police force.

Smith says upending the command structure would be a “dangerous” threat to law and order.