{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-amendment-bar-sanctuary-cities-receiving-federal-funds-passes-us-house", "Tiffany Amendment to Bar Sanctuary Cities from Receiving Federal Funds Passes U.S. House", "2023-09-28", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Yesterday, Congressman Tom Tiffany\u2019s (WI-07)amendment to bar sanctuary cities from receiving federal funds was approved by the U.S. House and included in theDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act. Tiffany\u2019s amendment would prevent state and local governments who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities from obtaining DHS funds.\n\nThis summer, it was reported that DHS dished out atotal of $770 million to cities taking in illegal immigrants, includingover $104 million to the sanctuary city of New York City.\n\nRep. Tiffany\u2019s floor remarks on his amendment can be foundhere and below.\n\n\u201cThese so-called sanctuary city policies are nothing new. They are also illegal. In fact, they have been illegal since Bill Clinton signed a law making them illegal in the 1990s. As we have seen in recent months, these misguided policies serve as a magnet for illegal aliens \u2013 overwhelming schools, hospitals, and other local services.\n\n\u201cNew York Mayor Eric Adams recently conceded that the tidal wave of illegal immigrants flooding into his sanctuary city will cost Big Apple residents a staggering $12 billion. He went on to say the influx will \u2018destroy\u2019 his city.\n\n\u201cBut there is more to this issue than just dollars and cents.\n\n\u201cBecause these policies prevent local law enforcement from reporting illegal aliens to ICE, police are often forced to release foreign criminals from custody \u2013 who of course go on to target new victims. That doesn\u2019t just put sanctuary cities at risk \u2013 it puts every other neighboring community at risk too.\n\n\u201cMadame Speaker, why are Americans being forced to finance the dangerous and illegal policies of sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago? Why are we being asked to pick up the tab for the problems these jurisdictions are bringing upon themselves?\n\n\u201cIt is time to stop rewarding bad behavior.\n\n\u201cIf you make an affirmative decision to violate federal law, then you should be prepared to forego federal funds.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "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://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-amendment-bar-sanctuary-cities-receiving-federal-funds-passes-us-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.5935850571841, "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"}