{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-issa-mayorkas-where-truth-about-terrorist-encounters-southern-border-you", "Rep. Issa to Mayorkas: Where is the Truth About Terrorist Encounters at Southern Border You Promised to Provide?", "2023-10-26", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Darrell Issa", "I000056", "issa.house.gov", "issa", "https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington \u2013 Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reminding him he has failed to provide \u2013 as he agreed to do under oath \u2013 information on individuals on the terrorist watchlist encountered at the southern border by U.S. officials.\n\nThis letter is a follow-up on Rep. Issa\u2019s initial request for this information during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 26, 2023, since which Mayorkas and the DHS have neglected to follow through on.\n\nIn the hearing, Rep. Issa stated, \u201c140 people on the terrorist watchlist so far this year. For the record, would you please give us the status of each of those individuals so we know what you did with people who were on a terrorist watchlist, who were apprehended \u2013 many got away \u2013 but were apprehended, where they are today, so that Congress can know.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongressman, I would be pleased to provide you with that information, with respect to the individuals encountered at the southwest border,\u201d Mayorkas pledged in response.\n\nA full three months later, Mayorkas has failed to provide the information or reply in any way on this matter.\n\nIn the letter, Rep. Issa states:\n\nAs you sat before the Judiciary Committee during that July hearing, several members vocalized serious concern and raised significant questions regarding the Biden Administration\u2019s willful failure to enforce the law at the border. On your watch, officials have recorded more than six million illegal border encounters, including 169 attempted entrants by aliens recorded on the terrorist watch list \u2013 the largest number ever recorded. And the problem is only growing worse: In the last week, the San Diego border sector reportedly issued guidance to watch for Hamas and Hezbollah fighters attempting to enter via the porous southern border.\n\nFundamentally, Americans have a right to understand how, why, and when a suspected terrorist entered our country. It is fair to assume that if NO terror suspects were permitted to enter or remain in this country, you would have emphatically stated this for the nation to understand.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-issa-mayorkas-where-truth-about-terrorist-encounters-southern-border-you"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5351632609963417, "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"}