{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-counters-cfpb-illegal-alien-credit-plan", "Rep. Ogles Counters CFPB Illegal Alien Credit Plan", "2023-12-20", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Andrew Ogles", "O000175", "ogles.house.gov", "ogles", "https://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced legislation that would ensure financial institutions are able to consider immigration status when opening credit lines and accounts. This bill is in response to a joint statement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) warning banks and other financial institutions that evaluating one's immigration status could \u201crun afoul\u201d of the law when determining an individual\u2019s eligibility for an extension of credit.\n\n\"Joe Biden's Administration has no problem throwing red tape over American essentials like water heaters, and gas stoves, but when it comes to protecting American credit lenders, he is nowhere to be found. Make no mistake: illegal aliens have violated the law, and banks have the right to know to whom they are lending money. Democrats want to force banks to bow to big government, but I won\u2019t let them,\" said Congressman Ogles. \"To make matters worse, the CFPB and DOJ placed this atrocious regulation in the text of a press statement which is highly unorthodox and intentionally confusing to banks. At this point, calling any action by the CFPB legitimate would be crazy. It\u2019s an unconstitutional agency doing unconstitutional things through press releases, and I am proud to fight against it.\"\n\nCongresswoman Boebert said: \u201cYet again, Joe Biden and his cronies are circumventing Congress to implement their unconstitutional immigration policies. Biden will stop at nothing to make it as easy as possible for illegal migrants to come here and stay here, now telling banks they cannot take a person\u2019s immigration status into account when extending them credit. I am proud to cosponsor Congressman Ogles\u2019 bill to put a stop to this tyrannical overreach. Banks absolutely have the right to refuse service to an illegal alien if they deem that would harm their financial interests. I want to thank Congressman Ogles for standing up for businesses to make these decisions for themselves.\u201d\n\nCongressman Nehls stated: \u201cProhibiting banks from considering if someone is an illegal alien is not only bad business but is a threat to our national security. Due to Joe Biden\u2019s failure to secure our border, millions of people from all over the world have infiltrated into our country, with no idea of how many terrorists are walking in broad daylight. Banks should have every right to determine if someone is an American citizen before lending them money. It\u2019s just pure fact.\u201d\n\nCongressman Good said: \u201cPresident Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have intentionally surrendered operational control of our southern border to the Mexican crime cartels. I am pleased to join Rep. Andy Ogles\u2019 efforts to stop the flood of illegal entries and end the Biden border invasion.\u201d\n\nCongressman Tiffany stated: \u201cInstead of securing the border, the Biden administration is focused on encouraging more illegal immigration by telling banks not to reject illegal alien loan applications. This is the next step in completing their deliberate invasion of our nation, and this ill-advised financial directive must be revoked.\u201d\n\nCongressman Neal Dunn said: \u201cBarring banks from considering an individual\u2019s immigration status will put many banks, especially small local banks at risk of closure. They cannot afford to compromise financial stability. The banking industry shouldn\u2019t have to pay the price for the Biden Administration\u2019s failed border policies.\u201d\n\nCosponsors (12): Reps. Tiffany [WI-07], Andrew Clyde [GA-09], Dr. Neal Dunn [FL-02], Bob Good [VA-05], Ralph Norman [SC-05], Keith Self [TX-03], Roger Williams [TX-25], Lauren Boebert [CO-03], Rich McCormick [GA-06], Randy Weber [TX-14], Alex Mooney [WV-02], and Troy Nehls [TX-22].\n\nBill Text", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "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://ogles.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ogles-counters-cfpb-illegal-alien-credit-plan"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.431755954399705, "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"}