Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s latest budget proposal includes a provision to expand the ability of local police to assist with deportations, marking her latest shift away from the district’s sanctuary city policies.
Inserted into Washington, D.C.’s 2026 budget proposal, released Tuesday, is a request to repeal a law banning police from assisting federal immigration authorities in carrying out deportations. If Bowser’s request is granted, district police would be given expanded authorities to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies to target illegal immigrants.
Current law prohibits the district from inquiring about a detained person’s immigration status or releasing them to ICE. The district also does not allow ICE to interview suspects in local police custody without first obtaining a court order.
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