Testimony before the House Committee on State Sovereignty

March 17, 2011

Mario Loyola

Safer Communities Through Second Chances: The Case for Federal Expungement

When criminal records follow people forever, families struggle, employers lose workers, and communities lose productive citizens. Federal law offers almost no path to redemption, even though second chances strengthen public safety and the economy. Key Points The federal expungement system is effectively nonexistent. Permanent criminal records for non-violent federal offenses undermine work opportunities, family stability,...

September 15, 2026

Foreign Policy

‘Donroe’ Doctrine and conservative victories squeeze cartels in Latin America

With Cuba faltering and Colombia shifting course, drug trafficking networks pivot to Europe and drones. The Shield of the Americas coalition now coordinates intelligence and operations against cartel networks, but with a handful of exceptions: Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Nicaragua. That is the Donroe Doctrine in practice: American predominance in the hemisphere, applied to migration,...

October 12, 2026

Other

Veritas August 2018

This issue of Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features the Foundation's efforts to inform the public of the human cost of subsidizing wind energy, abolishing the "Robin Hood" school property tax, combating our growing civic illiteracy, and our part in the ACA lawsuit.

September 7, 2018

Mario Loyola

Related content

Safer Communities Through Second Chances: The Case for Federal Expungement

‘Donroe’ Doctrine and conservative victories squeeze cartels in Latin America

Veritas August 2018