WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 01: (L-R) Patricia Fox, mother of Carissa “Luu” Aspnes who was permanently disabled after a hit-and-run crash in Colorado involving an illegal alien from Venezuela, Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute David Bier, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler of Harford County in Maryland, and Marcus Coleman, father of Dalilah Coleman who was permanently disabled after an illegal alien caused a multi-car crash, are sworn in during a hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement of the House Judiciary Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing titled "Sanctuary Policies, Tragic Consequences," to examine how sanctuary policies, specifically in California, Colorado, and Maryland, endanger communities by putting the interests of criminal aliens ahead of the interests of Americans. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)