{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-asks-third-time-ice-policies-and-priorities", "Congressman Cohen Asks a Third Time for ICE Policies and Priorities", "2025-09-10", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "TN", "Steve Cohen", "C001068", "cohen.house.gov", "cohen", "https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for a third time Tuesday seeking answers about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s policies and priorities and the accuracy of its public statements about them.\n\nCongressman Cohen said that the department\u2019s stated goal of deporting \u201cthe worst of the worst\u201d \u2013 those convicted of murder, rape or sexual abuse of children -- doesn\u2019t appear to be the practice since only 8 percent of detainees by one estimate have ever been convicted of violent crimes. \u201cI find your rhetoric misleading,\u201d the letter says in part.\n\nCongressman Cohen said he returned to Washington after the August recess to discover that the longtime maintenance man in his building had been arrested by ICE. Residents and others have raised more than $56,000 in a GoFundMe campaign for his legal assistance and his family\u2019s support.\n\n\u201cTo the best of my knowledge, and that of many of my neighbors, he was never involved in any criminal activity -- simply a hard-working man trying to support his American citizen children. There when I left, gone when I came back,\u201d the letter says.\n\nCongressman Cohen reiterated his questions in letters dated February 13 and March 28, for which he has not received a reply, asking for the number of unauthorized immigrants ICE has apprehended since January 20 and how many of those were convicted of crimes and in what jurisdictions.\n\nSee the entire letter here.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-asks-third-time-ice-policies-and-priorities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1029220186173916, "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"}