{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-op-ed-desantis-and-abbotts-migrant-trips-published-boston-globe", "Adams\u2019 Op-Ed on DeSantis and Abbott\u2019s Migrant Trips Published in Boston Globe", "2022-09-19", "2022", "2022-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma S. Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", "adams", "https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "BOSTON (September 19, 2022) \u2013 Today, the Boston Globe published an opinion piece by Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) on the parallels between the migrant trips from Florida and Texas, and the \u201cReverse Freedom Rides\u201d sponsored by White Citizens\u2019 Councils in 1962 to mock the American Civil Rights Movement.\n\nThe piece can be read in its entirety here.An excerpt is below:\n\nAbbott and DeSantis are using the same tactics as segregationists and the White Citizens\u2019 Councils, and they are making the same mistakes. By using human beings as political pawns, they are acknowledging their intolerance and putting it on display for all to see.\n\nEven the geography is similar. The Reverse Freedom Rides sent many families to Hyannis Port, Mass., near then President John Kennedy\u2019s family compound, near the island of Martha\u2019s Vineyard. The victims of DeSantis\u2019 stunt could travel there by ferry. Black Americans were sent to the Kennedys home; migrants are being sent to Vice President Harris\u2019s residence in Washington, D.C.\n\nWhat is different about this new experiment in political trafficking is that it was endorsed and paid for by the governments of Florida and Texas. The Citizens\u2019 Councils tried but were unsuccessful in gaining funding from the Louisiana legislature for the Reverse Freedom Rides. Most organizations like the Citizens\u2019 Councils no longer operate in daylight, so instead of white supremacy by proxy, these governors are engaging in white supremacy by state action.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-op-ed-desantis-and-abbotts-migrant-trips-published-boston-globe"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7771598175168037, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}