{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-chip-roy-demands-dhs-preserve-all-records-and-data-related-bidens-border", "Rep. Chip Roy demands DHS preserve all records and data related to Biden\u2019s border crisis", "2024-12-05", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Chip Roy", "R000614", "roy.house.gov", "roy", "https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 On Wednesday, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) instructed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Biden administration to preserve all information related to the border crisis and illegal aliens they have released into American communities.\n\nRepresentative Roy wrote in a letter,\u201cSince February 2021, Members of Congress, including myself, have sent you countless requests for information about DHS\u2019s policies and actions related to border security, immigration, and national security, only to receive \u2013 at best \u2013 delayed and insufficient responses or \u2013 at worst \u2013 no response from your office at all.\u201d\n\nUnder the Biden administration, we have seen record-breaking illegal alien encounters at our borders, millions of aliens released into the interior, scores of criminals and other bad actors infiltrating our communities, endangering Americans and aliens alike, and much more.\n\n\u201cIt is imperative DHS preserve any and all information related to the border crisis and mass influx of aliens into the interior so the incoming Trump administration can deliver on its mandate to undo the damage done,\u201d said Representative Roy, \u201cThis request is to withstand any administration transition and future directives to destroy evidence related to DHS policies and actions taken as of January 20, 2021.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "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://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-chip-roy-demands-dhs-preserve-all-records-and-data-related-bidens-border"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3642339035868645, "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"}