Congressional hearing after FOX Undercover report on illegal immigrants

Congress Trying To Close Immigration Loophole

Updated: Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 9:43 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 8:02 PM EDT



BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - A loophole exposed by FOX Undercover is in the national spotlight today as lawmakers in Washington, DC hold a congressional hearing.

It comes after our investigative team discovered the federal government releasing illegal immigrants with violent criminal records, even though it wants to deport them.

Fox Undercover’s local example of the national problem was front and center at the hearing before the Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee.

The subcommittee’s chairman, Rep. Elton Gallegly, cited the example in the Fox Undercover report as he kicked off the hearing.

“Mrs. Hutchinson's son was attacked while walking home from a football game in Suffolk County just outside of Boston,â€