{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-demands-answers-secretary-mayorkas", "Congressman Biggs Demands Answers From Secretary Mayorkas", "2022-02-09", "2022", "2022-02", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", "biggs", "https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Andy Biggs sent a follow up letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas after DHS took eight months to respond to Congressman Biggs\u2019s original inquiry from May 2021. DHS's delayed, patronizing response failed to include the information necessary to fully understand the scope and process of the department's unlawful release of illegal aliens from their custody.\n\n\u201cSecretary Mayorkas took eight months to respond to questions I asked,\u201d said Congressman Andy Biggs. \u201cDHS\u2019s answers\u2014more like excuses\u2014reflect the dangerous state of our southern border thanks to the Biden administration\u2019s destructive policies. I have requested additional information from DHS and expect a more timely and more complete response from Secretary Mayorkas.\u201d\n\nFor more information about the inadequacy of DHS\u2019 response, see this analysis from Center for Immigration Studies\u2019 Andrew R. Arthur. Mr. Arthur raised important questions that DHS must answer.\n\nRead original letter from May 2021 here.\n\nThe response letter from DHS here.\n\nThe answers from DHS here.\n\nAnd Rep. Biggs's follow up letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:57:46Z"]], "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-secretary-mayorkas"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7049398738890886, "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"}