{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-rose-leads-house-republicans-demanding-sec-mayorkas-find-dhs-released", "Rep. Rose Leads House Republicans in Demanding that Sec. Mayorkas Find DHS-Released Uzbek Nationals with Isis Ties", "2023-09-01", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "House", "TN", "John W. Rose", "R000612", "johnrose.house.gov", "johnrose", "https://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC\u2014Today, U.S. Representative John Rose led seven Members of Congress in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas following a report that Uzbek nationals entered the United States with assistance from a smuggler with ISIS ties.\n\n\u201cWe see the real-world consequences of President Biden\u2019s and DHS Secretary Mayorkas\u2019 failed open-border policies every day,\u201d said Rep. Rose. \u201cWhile the President\u2019s decision to allow our border to be overrun by deadly cartels, human smugglers, and sex traffickers is already costing thousands of lives\u2014there is no doubt that a system-wide failure resulting in a deadly terrorist attack could cost thousands more. But it doesn\u2019t have to be this way, especially considering the House-passed Secure Our Borders Act awaits consideration in the Senate and approval from the President. We must do everything in our power to secure our borders and defend our national security, Mr. President, and passing the Secure Our Borders Act is a logical first step.\u201d\n\nAccording to reporting by CNN, the Uzbek nationals were released by the Biden-led DHS pending a court date. Some Biden Administration officials said this episode is an \u2018example of the system working as it should.\u2019 The letter refutes this by saying, \u201cAllowing the release of any individual into the U.S. only to later find out that they have a clear connection to ISIS is not an example of the \u2018system working,\u2019 but is a clear indication of the incompetence of the Biden Administration to secure our border from terrorist threats.\u201d\n\nThe letter goes on to say that it is \u2018beyond comprehension\u2019 that Biden Administration officials are publicly concluding to CNN that the individuals who entered the U.S. through the ISIS-connected network are not a threat despite not locating all of the individuals since discovering this connection. It concludes by imploring the federal government to locate the missing individuals immediately while keeping the signers of the letter informed of the status of the search and urging DHS to immediately update its policies to ensure that asylum seekers with connections to ISIS or other terrorist groups are not permitted to enter the United States.\n\nRead the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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://johnrose.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-rose-leads-house-republicans-demanding-sec-mayorkas-find-dhs-released"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.813968013972044, "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"}