D.C.: Cops can’t check immigration status

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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray signed an executive order Wednesday barring cops and city agencies from asking people about their immigration status - a move in sharp contrast to states such as Alabama and Georgia that have recently ramped up their illegal immigration laws.

“We’re not going to be instruments of federal law when it comes to immigration status,” Gray said. “If there are steps we need to take beyond this, then we will consider those at that point.”