Summary

Prohibits the District of Columbia from having any law, rule, or practice that prevents District officials or agencies from sharing or receiving information about a person’s citizenship or immigration status or from honoring certain federal immigration detainer and notification requests. The measure still allows the District to decline sharing information or complying with detainer/notification requests when an individual has come forward as a victim or witness to a crime.

• Bars the District of Columbia from having policies that forbid sharing or receiving immigration or citizenship status information with government entities.
• Requires the District not to restrict compliance with certain federal DHS detainer and notification requests (references to 8 U.S.C. §1226 and §1357 authorities).
• Includes a specific exception allowing the District to refuse information-sharing or detainer/notification cooperation when the person has come forward as a victim or witness to a crime.
• Does not create new federal immigration enforcement powers; it addresses limitations on District policy choices.
• Affects District agencies and officials by limiting local policies that would block coordination with federal immigration authorities.
• Does not specify funding, enforcement penalties, or an effective date within the text provided.
• Could require the District to revise existing sanctuary-style policies to permit information exchange and cooperation with federal requests.
• May increase immigration enforcement actions initiated via information shared by District entities.
• Preserves a narrow protection intended to encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of immigration-related cooperation in those cases.