{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://magaziner.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-thompson-ramirez-carter-and-magaziner-request-dhs-fbi-briefing-threats", "Reps. Thompson, Ramirez, Carter, and Magaziner Request DHS & FBI Briefing on Threats to HBCUs", "2023-08-30", "2023", "2023-08", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Seth Magaziner", "M001223", "magaziner.house.gov", "magaziner", "https://magaziner.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2014 Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Vice Ranking Member of the Committee, and Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management & Technology, and Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray requesting a briefing on the agencies\u2019 assessment of threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and efforts to stop persistent and dangerous harassment after Saturday\u2019s horrific shooting in Jacksonville, Florida where a domestic terrorist stalked the campus of Edward Waters University \u2013 an HBCU \u2013 prior to carrying out his deadly attack.\n\n\u201cThreats of violence against Historically Black Colleges and Universities are part of a broader, disturbing trend of domestic extremists targeting people of color, and we must do more to ensure these communities are safe and protected,\u201d said Representative Seth Magaziner. \u201cAs the Ranking Member on the Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, I\u2019m committed to addressing these dangerous threats with urgency so we can root out racially motivated violence and domestic extremism before they occur.\u201d\n\nLetter excerpts:\n\nAs you know, HBCUs have experienced an unprecedented number of threats of violence \u2013 particularly bomb threats \u2013 over the course of last year. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the first in a related series of bomb threats occurred on January 4, 2022. Following the January 4 threat, there were 28 total bomb threats targeting Black academic institutions over the span of one month. In February 2022, there were at least another six bomb threats at HBCUs, including Howard University. In total, more than a third of all HBCUs in the Nation were targeted in 2022.\n\nThese ongoing threats to HBCUs have left thousands of students waking up to shelter-in-place warnings, bomb sniffing dogs, and campus sweeps. It is an unacceptable burden uniquely borne by the students of HBCUs and by the institutions themselves, and the time has come to accelerate interagency efforts to confront this terrible pattern of violence and harassment against HBCUs.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "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://magaziner.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-thompson-ramirez-carter-and-magaziner-request-dhs-fbi-briefing-threats"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0110891200602055, "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"}