{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ansari.house.gov/media/press-releases/ansari-calls-for-closure-of-the-dilley-ice-detention-center-and-release-of-families-in-detention", "Ansari Calls for Closure of the Dilley ICE Detention Center & Release of Families in Detention", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Yassamin Ansari", "A000381", "ansari.house.gov", "ansari", "https://ansari.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "DILLEY, TX \u2014 Yesterday, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) conducted a congressional oversight visit to the Dilley Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center alongside Representative Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and members of the Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus, FWD.us and Families Belong Together calling for the immediate release of the women, children, and families detained at the facility and urging DHS to permanently close Dilley.\n\n\u201cWhat we saw today at Dilley was nothing short of horrific. No child, woman, or family should be locked up like this. We must close Dilley now and release these families,\u201d said Rep. Ansari. \u201cChildren are being jailed and traumatized while private contractors profit from it, all at the expense of American taxpayers.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe inhumane conditions at Dilley are well-documented and we must end family detention. This includes shutting down Dilley and releasing these children and families immediately. Dilley lacks basic necessities for anyone, especially children: no access to clean water, medical care, or proper education. Dilley reflects a broader pattern that should not be expanded with additional, unprecedented taxpayer funding,\u201d said Todd Schulte, President of FWD.us. \u201cYet, Congress has committed more than $260 billion to expand enforcement, on top of the regular appropriations to ICE and CBP of roughly $30 billion for FY25. This will only cause irreparable harm to children and communities. Thank you to the Members who continue to call for the release of families and we join them in their calls for Dilley\u2019s closure.\u201d\n\nThis marked Ansari\u2019s twelfth congressional oversight visit to an ICE detention facility. In Congress, she has led efforts to hold the Trump Administration accountable, exposing conditions inside ICE facilities and introducing legislation to repeal the $75 billion ICE funding increase included in the so-called \u201cBig Beautiful Bill.\u201d\n\nClick HERE for a recording of the press conference.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"]], "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://ansari.house.gov/media/press-releases/ansari-calls-for-closure-of-the-dilley-ice-detention-center-and-release-of-families-in-detention"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3594729825854301, "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"}