From the Washington Examiner: A dentist by trade, plainspoken Rep. Brian Babin might seem like an unlikely figure to lead a charge for reform among his colleagues in the chamber. But with just two years in the House behind him, the Texas native is already heading a space subcommittee in the House, and could soon become the face of the congressional effort to expel criminals living in the U.S. illegally. 
"I ran for 13 reasons," Babin said, referencing his grandchildren in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "I want them to have the same opportunities that I had when I was growing up. That's why I ran." As fate would have it, Babin may have the chance to pass one of his most prominent legislative proposals in 2017, under President-elect Trump.

The Criminal Alien Deportation Act would force the Department of Homeland Security to submit to Congress a list of countries that refuse to cooperate with the federal government's effort to deport criminal aliens who come to the country illegally, and enable Congress to cut off foreign aid to those countries. The proposal faced bleak prospects under Obama, failing even to make it out of a House committee. But that outcome could change in a matter of months.

"This is one of Trump's planks. This is something that he has really hammered home, and I can tell you as a congressman who has met with some of the victims, this is a terrible problem," Babin said. "The government is ignoring its own citizens, endangering their lives and property for some politically correct reasons and enabling these criminal aliens to remain in this country."