Republican lawmakers seek to strip District of Columbia of its sanctuary city policies

FIRST ON FOX: The District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act would eliminate sanctuary city laws in Washington, D.C.

As a result, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act would eliminate sanctuary city laws in the District of Columbia and bar Washington, D.C., from implementing any policy that allows it to circumvent complying with Homeland Security and ICE on detainer requests for illegal immigrants.  Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House. 

"Unconscionable that our nation’s capital would facilitate illegality and thwart federal law enforcement efforts," Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., who introduced the measure in the Senate Wednesday, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "President Trump’s efforts to enforce immigration laws should not be undermined by local leadership anywhere in the United States, let alone Washington, D.C."