{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-of-congressman-morgan-mcgarveys-floor-speech-supporting-cuban-nationals-in-the-united-states", "Transcript of Congressman Morgan McGarvey\u2019s Floor Speech Supporting Cuban Nationals in The United States", "2024-01-12", "2024", "2024-01", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 12, 2023) \u2013 Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of Cuban nationals in the United States. Congressman McGarvey is leading a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas urging him to grant \u201cParole in Place\u201d status to any Cuban issued an I-220A form, which would allow them to remain in the United States and apply for residency.\n\nA transcript of Congressman McGarvey\u2019s remarks in English and Spanish is below, and a video of the remarks can be found here:\n\n\u201cMy hometown of Louisville is the fastest-growing Cuban community in the entire US. Fourteen thousand Cubans have arrived in our city in just the last two years, enriching our social fabric by building families, contributing to our economy, and adding pasteles and cafecito to our menus.\n\n\u201cThe Cuban Adjustment Act creates a clear pathway to residency for Cuban nationals who immigrate to the United States, but court rulings threaten the ability of Cubans recently issued an I-220A form to remain in the US. This is wrong \u2014 it robs Cubans of the rights guaranteed them by the Cuban Adjustment Act. No one should have to live in this legal limbo, including the thousands of individuals who live in my district.\n\n\u201cToday, I\u2019m sending a letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas urging him to correct this situation by granting \u201cParole in Place\u201d status to any Cuban issued an I-220A. I know he is committed to ensuring no one is wrongly or arbitrarily removed from our country, and I will continue to work with him and my colleagues here until this is fixed.\u201d\n\n\u201cMi ciudad de residencia, Louisville, tiene la poblaci\u00f3n cubana de m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido crecimiento en los Estados Unidos. Catorce mil cubanos han llegado a nuestra ciudad en los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os, mejorando nuestra comunidad, construyendo familias, ayudando a la econom\u00eda, y agregando pasteles y cafecitos a nuestros men\u00fas.\n\n\u201cLa Cuban Adjustment Act establece un camino claro hacia la residencia para aquellos cubanos que emigran a los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, los fallos judiciales obstaculizan la capacidad de los cubanos recientemente emitidos un Formulario I-220A para permanecer en los Estados Unidos. Esto est\u00e1 mal \u2014les roba a los cubanos los derechos que les garantiza la Cuban Adjustment Act. Nadie deber\u00eda tener que vivir en este limbo legal, incluidos los miles de individuos que viven en mi distrito.\n\n\u201cVoy a enviar una carta hoy al Secretario Mayorkas solicitando que se corrija esta situaci\u00f3n concediendo el estatus de \"Parole in Place\" a cualquier cubano al que se le expida un I-220A. S\u00e9 que se ha comprometido a asegurar que nadie sea expulsado de nuestro pa\u00eds de manera err\u00f3nea o arbitraria, y seguir\u00e9 trabajando con \u00e9l y con mis colegas hasta que esto se pueda solucionar.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T23:46:48Z"]], "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://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/transcript-of-congressman-morgan-mcgarveys-floor-speech-supporting-cuban-nationals-in-the-united-states"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0586689934134483, "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"}