District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be called the "District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act .
2: Prohibition on District of Columbia serving as sanctuary jurisdiction
This section would bar the District of Columbia from having in effect any statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts a District government entity or official from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information about a person's citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, with any federal, state, or local government entity, or from complying with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to comply with a detainer for an individual or to notify the department about that individual's release. The District would not be treated as violating this rule solely because it has a policy under which its officials will not share information about a person who comes forward as a victim or witness to a criminal offense, or will not comply with a Department of Homeland Security detainer request under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning a person who comes forward as a victim or witness to a criminal offense.
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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 and 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual. (b) Exception The District of Columbia is not in violation of subsection (a) solely because it has a policy whereby its officials will not share information regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense, or 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 and 1357) to comply with a detainer regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense.