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District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act
To require the District of Columbia to comply with Federal immigration laws.
Summary
This bill prohibits the District of Columbia from having laws or policies that prevent its government officials from sharing immigration status information with federal authorities or complying with immigration detainer requests from the Department of Homeland Security. The bill allows an exception only for individuals who come forward as victims of or witnesses to crimes, whose immigration information may be protected from federal immigration authorities. The bill effectively requires D.C. to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement rather than maintaining sanctuary policies that limit such cooperation.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN)
Actions (2)
- Apr 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
- Apr 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2025
Mr. Hagerty introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To require the District of Columbia to comply with Federal immigration laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SERVING AS SANCTUARY JURISDICTION.
(a) In General.—Except as provided under subsection (b), the District of Columbia may not have in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any entity or official of the District government from—
(1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; or
(2) complying with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual.
(b) Exception.—The District of Columbia shall not be in violation of subsection (a) solely because it has a policy whereby its officials will not—
(1) share information regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense; or
(2) comply with a request made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1357) to comply with a detainer regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim of or a witness to a criminal offense. <all>
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