first, it is my pleasure to welcome the honorable jeff landry, the attorney general of the state of louisiana. he joined the national guard in high school and served as both a police officer and a sheriff deputy. he ran unsuccessfully for , and became served the attorney general in 2016. .e has a bachelors in science he also has a law degree from loyola. welcome. the honorable michael for with going -- joined the doj in 2009. he also served as commissioner of the u.s. senate seat commission. honorsuated with highest and earned his law degree with high honors from harvard. welcome. introduce pleasure to ms. gupta. she worked as a civil rights attorney and deputy of the civil liberties union. -- she earned her undergraduate degree with high honors from yale and a lot of grief from new york university. welcome. is in charge of federal affairs for new orleans. he served as legislative council. lsu and loyolaom university college of law. you are recognized. you.ank thank you for the opportunity to committee.s to me -- you, i took an oath to defend the constitution and i intend to uphold it -- unfo

jeff landry claims that the policy is what allowed bus driver dennis rodriguez, a honduran illegal immigrant to remain behind the wheel last week, when he hit a fire truck and killed a chief. he said new orleans's sanctuary city policy protected him from being deported even after he was charged with driving without a license and domestic abuse. enforcement agents from taking potentially dangerous criminals off of our streets. >> the justice department policy prevents police from investigating someone's immigration status and doesn't require local law enforcement to help immigration and customs enforcement. the problem is that the justice department's general recently collude included that the federal policy violates federal law. when asked about this conflict, gave a vague answer. >> we do not view that decree in advising the city in anyway to ignore the laws. >> but it could mean that many of the top sanctuary cities in the u.s. could fail to receive federal funding if they don't cooperate with i.c.e. >> many are convinced that it president to deal with it. >>> knowledge of foreign policy i

jeff landry is with us now. mister attorney general, that this would be the first city to drop that status as a sanctuary city, correct? >> it would be the first major city, we have an equivalent reversing their policy, and a new sheriff took over, we push through legislation that failed in the house, a way to defund cities or municipalities or counties or parishes engaging sanctuary city policy, one reversal, we would love to see a major city like new orleans reverse course. stuart: did you have a problem with illegals going straight to new orleans because of sanctuary cities? >> the problem is we have a problem with illegal immigration in this country. american citizens had been victimized by illegal immigrants, many of them come in. he committed a number of to several weeks ago we had a fire chief killed in the line of duty, driving a bus and arrested multiple times, traffic violations and major crimes. we see this time and time again, law enforcement officers were prohibited from collaborating with isis so w

jeff landry claims new orleans sanctuary policy protected rodriguez from being deported. >> basicallygencies from taking dangerous, potentially dangerous criminals off of our streets. >> reporter: new orleans sanctuary policy was mandate bid the u.s. justice department in a 2011 consent decree. it says, police shall not investigate an individual's immigration status. shall not assist immigration enforcement, and they are not permitted to support any i.c.e. request or operation. problem is the department's own inspector general recently concluded that policy violates federal law which says, no city may prohibit or in any way restrict police from sending, receiving, or exchanging information with i.c.e. we asked attorney general loretta lynch about the conflict. >> we do not view that decree as advising the city in any way to disregard the immigration laws. >> reporter: while lynch didn't directly answer the question the inspector general did. concluding new orleans sanctuary policy and others like them are illegal, forcing the d.o.j. to recently warn that sanctuary cities risk losing f

first, my pleasure to welcome jeff landry the attorney general of louisiana. he served as both a police officer and sheriffs deputy. general landry ran successfully for congress in 2010 and served in the 112th congress and became louisiana's attorney general on january 11th, 2016. he has a degree from the southwestern of louisiana, which is now the university of louisiana lafayette. a law degree from new orleans law school. welcome, attorney general landry. the honorable michael horwitz the inspector general for the department of justice. he worked as assistant attorney for new york before joining in doj in 1999 where he served as deputy assistant attorney general from 1999 to 2002. general horwitz also served as commissioner of the u.s. commission. he was sworn into the current position on april 16th, 2012. he earned his law degree from harvard law school. welcome. next is my pleasure to introduce vanita sbogupta. she earned her undergraduate degree with high honors from yale university and law degree from the new york university school of law. welcome. and m

first, it is my pleasure to welcome the honorable jeff landry, the attorney general of the state of louisiana. he joined the national guard in high school and served as both a police officer and a sheriff deputy. he ran unsuccessfully for , and became served the attorney general in 2016. .e has a bachelors in science he also has a law degree from loyola. welcome. the honorable michael for with going -- joined the doj in 2009. he also served as commissioner of the u.s. senate seat commission. honorsuated with highest and earned his law degree with high honors from harvard. welcome. introduce pleasure to ms. gupta. she worked as a civil rights attorney and deputy of the civil liberties union. -- she earned her undergraduate degree with high honors from yale and a lot of grief from new york university. welcome. is in charge of federal affairs for new orleans. he served as legislative council. lsu and loyolaom university college of law. you are recognized. you.ank thank you for the opportunity to committee.s to me -- you, i took an oath to defend the constitution and i intend to uphold it -- unfo

since representative king brought it up, let me ask you very quickly, jeff, attorney general landry. can you please coordinate with attorney general from iowa to help them with their 23 sanctuary counties that they have in iowa and maybe you can coordinate. are you willing to coordinate with representative king to help him with his 23? >> i would be glad to put on a workshop in all 49 of the states. >> with that, i yield back. >> i have a submission. i would ask unanimous consent if i might put into the record following documents, a statement from 11 national civil and immigrant rights organization, statement from the national immigration project of the national lawyers guild, statement from the national immigration reform, church world services, 20 law professors led by christopher latch, statement from 17 new orleans based community organizations and statement from the law enforcement task force. ask unanimous consent to submit these documents into the record. >> i thank the witnesses and you, mr. chairman. >> i well recognize the gentleman from colorado. >> thank you, mr. chairman