Bars D.C. from limiting its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement

§1What it does

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This bill would bar the District of Columbia from having any law, policy or practice that stops or limits D.C. officials from sharing information about a person's citizenship or immigration status with federal, state or local governments.^2,3,4 D.C. also could not restrict its officials from complying with lawful Department of Homeland Security requests to give notice before releasing someone or to honor a detainer, which asks local authorities to hold a person for up to 48 hours past their release time so federal officials can pursue the person's removal from the country.^3,4 The version the House passed dropped an exception in the original bill that would have let D.C. decline to share information or honor detainers for people who come forward as crime victims or witnesses.^3,4

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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