Prohibits the District of Columbia from having any policy that restricts sharing immigration status information with federal authorities or honoring ICE detainers, so more immigration enforcement.
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
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2025-04-30: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Filed
2025-04-30
Committee
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill bans sanctuary-style policies in DC that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement on information-sharing and detainers (with a narrow victim/witness exception), directly expanding the scope of state/local immigration enforcement.