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H.R. 2056 would override Washington D.C.'s current sanctuary city policies by requiring the District to comply with federal immigration enforcement requests. Specifically, the bill would prevent D.C. from maintaining laws or policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security. It would require D.C. to share immigration status information with federal authorities and comply with lawful detainer requests to hold individuals for federal immigration purposes.
The bill includes a limited exception: D.C. would not be required to share immigration information about individuals who come forward solely as victims or witnesses to crimes. This exception was a point of debate during House consideration, with some members seeking to remove it entirely.
The bill passed the House on June 12, 2025, and is now in the Senate for consideration. According to the Congressional Budget Office, implementation costs would not be significant. The bill would preempt D.C.'s 2020 Sanctuary Values Amendment Act and other local policies that currently prevent D.C. employees from cooperating with federal immigration authorities without a judicial warrant.
If enacted, the bill would give federal immigration authorities greater access to individuals in D.C. custody and could increase deportations by making it easier to enforce federal immigration law within the District. However, the actual impact would depend on factors like available detention space and decisions by the executive branch.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 12, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 12, 2025
Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
Mar 11, 2025
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 884) to prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2056) to require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2096) to restore the right to negotiate matters pertaining to the discipline of law enforcement officers of the District of Columbia through collective bargaining, to restore the statute of limitations for bringing disciplinary cases against members or civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 331) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2581-2587)
Jun 10, 2025
District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act
Introduced in Senate
Apr 30, 2025
