{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hernandez.house.gov/media/press-releases/democratic-leaders-and-28-members-congress-reject-governors-justification", "Democratic Leaders and 28 Members of Congress Reject Governor\u2019s Justification for Sharing Immigrant Data", "2025-06-26", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "PR", "Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez", "H001103", "hernandez.house.gov", "hernandez", "https://hernandez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 In a forceful congressional action led by Resident Commissioner Pablo Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, 28 Members of the House of Representatives \u2014 including the Democratic leaders of the committees with jurisdiction over homeland security, immigration, and government oversight \u2014 expressed their opposition to the Government of Puerto Rico\u2019s decision to voluntarily share immigrants\u2019 personal information with federal authorities.\n\nThe effort includes the support of U.S. Representatives Adriano Espaillat (Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus), Bennie G. Thompson (Homeland Security Committee), Robert Garc\u00eda (Oversight Committee), and Nydia M. Vel\u00e1zquez (Small Business Committee).\n\nThe congressional leaders refute Governor Jenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s claim that her administration was obligated to cooperate with ICE under threat of losing federal funds. The federal agency itself publicly denied that assertion, noting that there were no subpoenas or warnings regarding funding.\n\n\u201cFederal law does not require Puerto Rico to voluntarily provide personal information to ICE. Furthermore, the courts have ruled that local governments cannot be coerced into cooperating in these cases. The Government of Puerto Rico is not only legally mistaken, but also jeopardizing the trust and safety of our immigrant communities,\u201d said Hern\u00e1ndez.\n\nThe effort calls on the Government of Puerto Rico to immediately halt the voluntary transfer of sensitive data and to protect the information entrusted by immigrants who obtained driver\u2019s licenses in accordance with Puerto Rican law.\n\nThis action follows a recent court ruling affirming the right of states not to share information from their departments of transportation and public works with ICE.\n\n\u201cAs public officials, we swear to uphold the rule of law, including the privacy and rights of immigrant individuals. Puerto Rico must not act out of fear or misinformation, but with legal clarity and moral conviction,\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez concluded.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "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://hernandez.house.gov/media/press-releases/democratic-leaders-and-28-members-congress-reject-governors-justification"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.554642803966999, "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"}