{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-demands-answers-dhs-regarding-russian-nationals-southern", "Congressman Biggs Demands Answers from DHS Regarding Russian Nationals at the Southern Border", "2022-04-01", "2022", "2022-04", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", "biggs", "https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Andy Biggs sent a letter along with 20 of his House colleagues to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas seeking information about Russian nationals illegally entering the United States and being released into the interior of the country by DHS.\n\n\u201cAmericans deserve to know who is attempting to illegally enter the country and whether they are being released into the country,\u201dsaid Congressman Andy Biggs.\u201cI\u2019ve been recently made aware of reports of an increase in Russians attempting to enter the country and have serious concerns of what this could mean for our national security. Secretary Mayorkas must provide more clarity about this situation, especially as national security threats from Russia increase given the current situation in Ukraine.\u201d\n\nThe full letter may be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:19:30Z"]], "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://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-demands-answers-dhs-regarding-russian-nationals-southern"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8026589639484882, "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"}