Chairman Cornyn, Ranking Member Padilla, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss criminal deportations.
To address the issues raised by the committee, I have structured my written testimony to first, explain the source of the immigration power in the United States; second, to outline the criminal grounds of removal; third, to describe the laws governing immigration investigations, stops, and arrests; fourth, to delineate the statutes governing detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act; fifth, to explain the standards for due process in the removal process; sixth, to discuss immigration enforcement under the second Trump administration; and seventh, to analyze so-called “sanctuary” policies and their impacts.