{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/emergency-funding-uscis", "Emergency funding for USCIS", "2020-08-03", "2020", "2020-08", "Democrat", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Emergency funding for USCIS                                           \n              Aug 2, 2020      \t\t        \t    \n      \t            \n                    \n                                            \n          \n        \n        \n            \n    \n  \n    \n    \n    The Trump administration has announced fee increases for CW-1 applications from $460 to $695 and for many other services the U.S. CItizenship and Immigration Services provides. USCIS is a fee-based agency and the pandemic has caused a sharp drop in applications and its revenues, the administration argues. That is why I joined 77 of my Democratic colleagues, urging House and Senate leaders to provide emergency funding for USCIS in the next coronavirus package. A direct appropriation may help keep fees from rising again. A direct appropriation in the next relief act will also keep USCIS from furloughing some 13,000 of its employees. That loss would delay processing of employment and family petitions and green card and refugee applications.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://sablan.house.gov/emergency-funding-uscis"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4463320840150118, "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"}