{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-house-passage-anti-dc-home-rule-immigration-bill", "Norton Statement on House Passage of Anti-D.C. Home Rule Immigration Bill", "2025-06-12", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after the House passed its third anti-D.C. home rule bill this week. The bill, introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), would nullify locally-enacted D.C. laws, policies and practices regarding D.C. exchanging information about the citizenship and immigration status of individuals. It would require D.C. to comply with requests by the Department of Homeland Security regarding immigration detainers.\n\n\u201cThe substance of Rep. Higgins\u2019 bill is irrelevant, since there is never justification for members of Congress representing other districts to legislate on local D.C. matters. However, I\u2019ll briefly address it.\n\n\u201cConsistent with federal law and D.C.\u2019s values, D.C. limits cooperation with federal immigration agencies. The District concluded that cooperation would make D.C. less safe for all residents by diverting police resources and discouraging immigrants from interacting with the police department and other government agencies. D.C. is not the first or the only jurisdiction to come to this conclusion; many states, cities and counties agree.\n\n\"If Republicans cared about D.C. residents or democracy, they would take up H.R. 51, the D.C. statehood bill. H.R. 51 would admit the residential and commercial areas of D.C. as a state, giving D.C. residents voting representation in Congress and full local self-government.\n\n\u201cI will use all the tools at my disposal to prevent any further advancement of this bill.\u201d\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://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-statement-house-passage-anti-dc-home-rule-immigration-bill"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8576442487537861, "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"}