{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://austinscott.house.gov/press-releases?ID=D8261643-ED6E-4E5B-8886-301E49233E06", "Rep. Austin Scott Statement on Closure of the Irwin County Detention Center", "2021-05-20", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Austin Scott", "S001189", "austinscott.house.gov", "austinscott", "https://austinscott.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) today released the below statement upon Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to discontinue use of the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, GA.\n\n\u201cI wish we didn\u2019t have a need for ICE detention centers. Ideally, our country\u2019s border would be secure, and we\u2019d have an immigration system that encourages people to go through the process to immigrate lawfully to our great nation. But we don\u2019t live in a perfect world, and the rhetoric from President Biden and liberal Democrats about open borders has created an unprecedented immigration crisis that he and his Administration continue to escalate.\n\n\u201cThe Biden Administration already doesn\u2019t have room to detain the influx of people we\u2019ve seen crossing the border since January, and now is not the time to play partisan games and close ICE detention facilities when we need them the most. It is reckless, irresponsible, puts Americans at risk, and only makes the current immigration crisis worse.\n\n\u201cWith regard to the Irwin County Detention Center, there have been multiple investigations into the allegations made against the Center and local health care providers in Irwin County. The accusations were false, and liberal Democrats have seized on this false narrative in an effort to further undermine our nation\u2019s immigration system and demonize our law enforcement officials.\u201d\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "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://austinscott.house.gov/press-releases?ID=D8261643-ED6E-4E5B-8886-301E49233E06"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6714910268783569, "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"}