{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-introduces-bill-prohibit-infrastructure-funding-sanctuary-city-abuse", "Johnson Introduces Bill to Prohibit Infrastructure Funding from Sanctuary City Abuse", "2025-07-21", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced legislation to prohibit the Department of Transportation from providing any federal funds to sanctuary cities.\n\n\u201cAnti-ICE protestors in sanctuary cities have vandalized roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure to make a political statement,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cLocal authorities allow these protestors to destroy property then turn around and ask the federal government to foot the bill. This type of behavior is beyond the pale. My bill sends a message to state and local governments \u2013 if they want the federal government\u2019s help, they gotta play by the rules.\u201d\n\nSecretary Duffy expressed support for Johnson\u2019s bill. Click here or the image above for their remarks.\n\nBackground:\n\nFederal immigration officials are working to deport criminal illegal aliens in cities and communities across the United States. In doing so, several \u201csanctuary cities\u201d have sought to limit immigration officials\u2019 access to information or act in defiance of lawful detainers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\n\nUnder the Biden Administration, sanctuary cities like Boston housed migrants in our nation\u2019s airports. Other city officials have gone so far as to call for violence against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.\n\nOn April 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14287, \u201cProtecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens,\u201d which affirms that sanctuary cities who refuse to comply with federal immigration laws may lose federal funding.\n\nFollowing the recent violent riots in Los Angeles, California, in response to immigration enforcement actions from ICE, Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced that no federal funds from DOT would be provided to any cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials. This is echoed in Secretary Duffy\u2019s priorities as part of the DOT\u2019s policy guidance for programs.\n\nThe No DOT Funds for Sanctuary Cities Act is cosponsored by U.S. Representatives Brian Babin (R-TX), Buddy Carter (R-GA), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Dave Taylor (R-OH), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and Claudia Tenney (R-NY).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "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://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-introduces-bill-prohibit-infrastructure-funding-sanctuary-city-abuse"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1523060277104378, "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"}