{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barletta.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/barletta-sanctuary-cities-to-blame-for-kate-steinle-tragedy", "Barletta: Sanctuary Cities to Blame for Kate Steinle Tragedy", "2017-12-01", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "PA", "Lou Barletta", "B001269", "barletta.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) released the following statement after a San Francisco court reached a verdict regarding the murder of Kate Steinle.\n\u00a0\n\u201cI am heartbroken for the Steinle family.\u00a0 Garcia Zarate is an illegal immigrant felon, who was deported on five separate occasion.\u00a0 This tragedy should never had happened.\u00a0 Elected officials in Sanctuary Cities, and those that defend them in Congress, allowed for the death of Kate Steinle.\u00a0 There should be no sanctuary for illegal activity in the United States, yet these officials continue to operate with complete disregard for public safety and the law.\u00a0 They encourage crime to flood into their communities as gangs, drug dealers, and violent criminals find sanctuary policies a safe harbor from the law.\u00a0 They put strain on the police and their lives in danger.\u00a0 Everyone\u2019s family is put at risk.\u201d\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe Congress must move to prevent further deterioration of public safety and pass HR 83, Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act.\u00a0 All Americans are at risk from sanctuary cities.\u00a0 Congress must speak forcefully to the victims of these horrendous policies that the continued injustice of sanctuary cities will not go unanswered.\u201d\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://barletta.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/barletta-sanctuary-cities-to-blame-for-kate-steinle-tragedy"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6031879931688309, "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"}