Steve Descano, the commonwealth’s attorney in Fairfax County, Virginia, was grilled by lawmakers on Thursday during a heated congressional hearing on why he quietly removed a long-standing statement from his campaign website promising that he would grant leniency to illegal immigrants accused of crimes.

“Mr. Descano, why’d you change your website?” asked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, at Thursday’s immigration enforcement subcommittee hearing, titled “Fairfax County, Virginia: The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies.”