District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act

This bill would require the District of Columbia to comply with federal immigration laws, effectively limiting DC’s ability to maintain sanctuary-like policies. Specifically, DC would be prohibited from enacting or enforcing policies that restrict sharing information about a person’s citizenship or immigration status with other government entities or from complying with lawful requests by federal authorities (DHS) to detain or be notified about individuals under the INA sections 236 (detainers) and 287 (enforcement assistance). The bill provides narrow exceptions allowing DC to maintain policies that protect victims or witnesses of crimes from sharing information or from DHS detainer requests related to those individuals. If enacted, the measure would align DC more closely with federal immigration enforcement practices, barring most sanctuary-style protections unless they fall under the stated exceptions. The bill is introduced in the Senate and would become law only if both houses of Congress pass it and the President signs it. The text provided does not specify penalties or enforcement mechanisms beyond the prohibition on sanctuary-style policies.