Alex Padilla

And that state and local authorities cannot be co-opted or forced into performing inherently federal responsibilities.

If you enter the country illegally or you overstay a visa, should you be deported?

My simple answer is, sir, it depends.

Okay, so if somebody breaks into your home, should they be arrested for breaking entry or does it depend?

It's an entirely different scenario.

How's that?

Because immigration is essentially a civil, and breaking into my home is a criminal matter.

Oh, okay, gotcha.

So there's laws that should be enforced, so we shouldn't enforce civil violations?

We absolutely should enforce them.

But you just said that it's a civil matter, so it's different.

So if somebody commits a civil infraction, it shouldn't be enforced?

It should be.

Okay, so they should be deported.

No, they should have due process that is associated with their petition.

So the act of entering the country illegally, you think we should say, well, did you really do it or not do it?

It's pretty obvious that they did, right?

Well, I mean, it would depend on the facts of the situation.

I, as a government official, would have said, back off.

Let us work with ICE.