District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 passed the House 93 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 185 words.
District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act This bill prohibits the District of Columbia (DC) from limiting its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement activities, except for certain instances involving witnesses and victims of crime. Specifically, the bill bars DC from adopting a law, policy, or practice prohibiting DC governmental entities from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual with a federal, state, or local government entity. Further, DC may not adopt a law, policy, or practice of not complying with lawful requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual from custody. (A detainer is a formal request from DHS that a state or locality hold an individual in custody for up to 48 hours after the individual would otherwise be released so that DHS may facilitate the individual's removal.) The bill provides exceptions allowing DC to adopt policies of not sharing information or complying with a detainer request regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness of a crime.
- Committees
- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Immigration: 20 of 2,400 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 142 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 129 words
- Subjects
- District of ColumbiaFederal preemptionImmigration status and proceduresState and local government operations
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 489 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in election R · Agreed to
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 1522 District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act R · Introduced