Congress stops D.C. from blocking federal immigration enforcement.
H.R. 2056 — District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025 · Filed by Clay Higgins (R-LA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill stops D.C. from making laws that block sharing immigration status facts with federal authorities. It requires D.C. to follow federal immigration detention requests. D.C. can no longer use local law to shield people from federal immigration actions.
Who it affects
D.C. residents lose local legal protections against federal immigration enforcement. Immigrants and communities of color in D.C. are most affected.
One thing to notice
The bill applies only to D.C., not to states or other cities. D.C. residents have no voting members in Congress, yet Congress overrides D.C. immigration policy.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Mar 11, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Mar 11, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Mar 25, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 21”
- Jun 12, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 194 (Roll no. 171).”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- federal immigration detention requests — Orders from the federal government to hold a person in jail for immigration reasons.
- local law — Rules made by a city or region, not by the federal government.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (860 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-02.
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