Legislation· Jun 2025Sponsored by Clay Higgins (R)
District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025
Bars Washington, D.C. from blocking federal immigration enforcement in the district.
Tradeoff
Overrides D.C. local sanctuary policies to require cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Saves the federal government negligible costs through reduced benefits to deported individuals.
What's in it
Cost is negligible (between -$500,000 and $500,000) over 2025-2035; reduces direct spending slightly through lower federal benefits to deported aliens.
The negligible federal cost is just the administrative overhead to implement the policy—the bill's real impact is a mandate on D.C. government to change its local sanctuary policies and cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
The House passed this 224-194 on June 12, 2025, after a failed 205-215. The bill is now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Mar 11, 2025)
House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform(Mar 11, 2025)
House
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to send it to the floor
Reported 23 - 21(Mar 25, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-131.
Senate
Received from the House
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Jun 12, 2025)
House
On
Failed(Roll #170 · Jun 12, 2025)
205 yeanay 215House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #171 · Jun 12, 2025)
224 yeanay 194
- Barry Moore (R-AL)
Passage votes so far· Jun 12, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027