Illegal immigration foe Del. Don Dwyer attempted to call federal immigration officers to a House hearing Wednesday.

He had warned what he called a “largely Hispanic audience” that his staff had called Immigration and Customs Enforcement to a hearing on HB 288. The bill would require people to show that they are citizens or legally present in the United States before they can get a driver’s license or identification card.

Here’s a quote from a news release from Dwyer:

“If you are here illegally, you might want to leave safely but quickly because there has been a request for a Federal investigation.”

The release added, however, that the agents declined to come in the absence of “proof of a specific crime.”