David Price: “President Trump has said much the same thing, that he wants to focus on deporting dangerous criminals.”

I thank the chairwoman for those kind and generous words. And I do rise in strong support of this critical legislation. As chairman of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, or T-HUD as we…

Immigration enforcement is complicated and controversial, with policy choices on which members of the subcommittee will strongly disagree.

Immigration reform would not solve all of our problems at the border, but without reform we are knowingly accepting a status quo that has become increasingly untenable.

I remember when I first became chair of this subcommittee some years ago, we had a hearing with ICE.