The House of Representatives approved legislation to override a Washington D.C. law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections.

56 Democrats joined Republicans to pass the measure.

🚨New: The House of Representatives has voted 266-148 to repeal a D.C. law that lets noncitizens vote in local elections in D.C. 56 Democrats voted for this bill pic.twitter.com/4aa1sj5DeB

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Per NBC News:

The Republican-controlled House is poised to pass a trio of bills this week to repeal Washington, D.C., laws on immigration, voting and policing, even as it has yet to restore a painful $1 billion cut to the city’s budget.

The House passed two of the bills Tuesday. One would bar noncitizens from voting in local elections in the nation’s capital, overturning a Washington law that was passed in 2022. It passed 266-148, with 56 Democrats joining Republicans in support.

The other bill would restore collective bargaining rights and a statute of limitations for Washington police officers involved in disciplinary cases. It passed 235-178, with 30 Democrats voting for it and four Republicans voting against it.

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Then, on Thursday, the House is expected to pass a third bill, the District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act, which would require the Washington government to comply with requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security to share information and detain undocumented immigrants. Under current Washington law, local authorities do not work with federal immigration officials unless they have judicial warrants.

“Local elections determine critical matters, and allowing noncitizens to vote in them opens Pandora’s Box to D.C.’s already radical local policies. This is exactly why the House passed my bill last night to stop this insanity,” Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) said.

Local elections determine critical matters, and allowing noncitizens to vote in them opens Pandora’s Box to D.C.’s already radical local policies.

This is exactly why the House passed my bill last night to stop this insanity.

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— Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) June 11, 2025

Daily Caller reports:

H.R. 884 would specifically roll back the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, according to text of the legislation. The D.C. Council passed the local law, nearly unanimously, in October 2022, permitting green card holders and even illegal migrants the right to cast their ballots in local races beginning in 2024.

Republicans have long criticized the local ordinance, arguing it dilutes the voting power of American citizens when allowing non-citizens to participate in the election process. Roughly 90,000 migrants live in the District of Columbia, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

In addition to allowing non-citizens the right to vote, Washington D.C., is also considered a sanctuary jurisdiction by immigration experts. The Center for Immigration Studies, a hawkish immigration group based in the city, identifies an April 2021 policy that severely restricts local law enforcement’s ability to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers as its reason for the sanctuary city label.