{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/auchincloss-delivers-letter-cruz-what-you-intend-threat-we-massachusetts", "Auchincloss Delivers Letter to Cruz: \u201cWhat You Intend As A Threat, We in Massachusetts Consider A Promise\u201d", "2021-10-21", "2021", "2021-10", "Democrat", "House", "MA", "Jake Auchincloss", "A000148", "auchincloss.house.gov", "auchincloss", "https://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Auchincloss Delivers Letter to Cruz: \u201cWhat You Intend As A Threat, We in Massachusetts Consider A Promise\u201d\n\n\u201cWe have no patience in Massachusetts for your crass attempt to denigrate immigrants\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) responded to Ted Cruz\u2019s \u201cBorder Bill\u201d that would move immigrant processing centers to New England byhand delivering a letter to the Senator\u2019s office. The letter stated, in part, \u201cWe have no patience in Massachusetts for your crass attempt to denigrate immigrants by implying that new ports of entry in the Commonwealth would undermine our support for immigration. From Plymouth Rock to today, immigrants have been building new lives in Massachusetts for 400 years. We welcome them.\u201d\n\nWATCH:Auchincloss Delivers Letter to Cruz\u2019s office\n\nA full copy of the letter can be found below.\n\nOctober 21, 2021\n\nThe Honorable Ted Cruz\n\nU.S. Senator, Texas\n\n127A Russell Senate Office Building\n\nWashington, D.C., 20510\n\nDear Senator Cruz,\n\nI write to you regarding your recently introduced Stop the Surge of Unsafe Rio Grande EncampmentsAct. I appreciate your including Massachusetts among those states that would benefit from newly established ports of entry. What you intend as a threat, we in Massachusetts consider a promise\u2014the promise of more immigration, which makes the Commonwealth richer both economically and culturally. We do not subscribe to scare tactics; we know the facts.\n\nThe fact is that areas with higher rates of immigration correlate with lower rates of violent crime and property crime.A study of arrest data from the Texas Department of Public Safety conducted by the National Academy of Sciences found that native-born Americans in Texas are more than twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes as are immigrants. Notably, the study incorporated data between 2012 and 2018, covering both Democratic and Republican presidential administrations. Non-immigrants are also two and a half times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes and more than four times more likely to be arrested for property crimes than their immigrant peers.\n\nNot only do immigrants make our cities and towns safer, they also contribute to our economy, paying roughly $9 billion annually in taxes. Immigrants and their children founded 45 percent of our nation\u2019s Fortune 500 companies, employing 13.5 million people.A humane, rules-based, and economically productive immigration system does not come \u201cat the expense of American jobs and workers,\u201d as you claim\u2013\u2013instead, research from the Kellogg School of Management confirms that immigration creates jobs.\n\nWe have no patience in Massachusetts for your crass attempt to denigrate immigrants by implying that new ports of entry in the Commonwealth would undermine our support for immigration. From Plymouth Rock to today, immigrants have been building new lives in Massachusetts for 400 years. We welcome them.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJake Auchincloss\n\nMember of Congress", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:24:51Z"]], "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://auchincloss.house.gov/media/press-releases/auchincloss-delivers-letter-cruz-what-you-intend-threat-we-massachusetts"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0955796353518963, "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"}