{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-lauren-boebert-introduces-legislation-halt-biden-regimes-plan-give-1", "Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Legislation to Halt the Biden Regime\u2019s Plan to Give $450,000 Payments to Illegal Aliens", "2021-11-22", "2021", "2021-11", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Lauren Boebert", "B000825", "boebert.house.gov", "boebert", "https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Rep. Lauren Boebert introduced the We\u2019re Not Paying You to Break Our Laws Act to prohibit settlement payments to illegal aliens of any amount as part of litigation filed by criminals suing the federal government.\n\nRep. Lauren Boebert stated: \u201cIn Biden\u2019s America, it is better to be a criminal than a law enforcement officer. Border Patrol agents may be fired because of Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate for federal employees, but illegal aliens get a free pass into our country and could receive a $450,000 check. For contrast, the highest-paid Border Patrol agents make less than half that in yearly salary after 20 years of service. I\u2019ve had enough of the Biden regime\u2019s madness, so I introduced the We\u2019re Not Paying You to Break Our Laws Act to restore sanity and the rule of law. We should be putting Americans first, not criminals!\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden regime is planning to pay criminal illegal aliens $450,000 as a reward for breaking the law and being separated from family members at the border by the previous administration. The Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Health and Human Services estimated that the final payments could amount to $1 million per family.\n\nThe disgraced ACLU is involved in litigation suing the federal government on behalf of criminals apprehended during the Trump Administration. The total payout to settle this frivolous lawsuit may amount to $1 billion or more.\n\nRep. Boebert\u2019s We\u2019re Not Paying You to Break Our Laws Act stops the Biden regime\u2019s plans to settle this ridiculous lawsuit and bans payments from going to criminals frivolously suing the federal government.\n\nWhen asked about his administration\u2019s plans to pay criminals $450,000, Biden dismissed the reporting by saying that the payments won\u2019t happen. Shockingly, Biden\u2019s Deputy Press Secretary overruled him and said that the Biden regime is hoping to give payments to illegal aliens.\n\nThe We\u2019re Not Paying You to Break Our Laws Act provides clarity to the White House\u2019s convoluted cover-up. While the White House won\u2019t give a clear answer about settlement payments, Rep. Boebert\u2019s legislation leaves no room for doubt: illegal aliens will not be getting taxpayer money.\n\nReps. Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Scott Perry (PA-10), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Andy Harris (MD-01), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Randy Weber (TX-14), and Andy Biggs (AZ-05) co-sponsored Rep. Boebert\u2019s We\u2019re Not Paying You to Break Our Laws Act.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "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://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-lauren-boebert-introduces-legislation-halt-biden-regimes-plan-give-1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8542209398001432, "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"}