{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-ogles-demand-answers-bidens-potential-plans-resettle-palestinians", "Tiffany, Ogles Demand Answers on Biden\u2019s Potential Plans to Resettle Palestinians into the United States", "2023-10-17", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Thomas P. Tiffany", "T000165", "tiffany.house.gov", "tiffany", "https://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Yesterday, Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Andy Ogles (TN-05)sent a letter to Secretary Mayorkas demanding that the Biden administration make a public commitment not to use \u201ccategorical parole\u201d or any other loophole to bring Palestinians into the United States.\n\nThis letter comes after aprogressive Democrat called for the U.S. to accept large numbers of Palestinians into the United States.A White House spokesman also refused to explicitly rule out the Biden administration resettling Palestinians \u2013 saying only that there are \u201cno plans\u201d to do so \u201cat this time.\u201d\n\nIn the letter, Tiffany and Ogles write: \u201cIt is hardly a secret that the Biden administration has repeatedly exceeded its executive authority, allowing massive numbers of foreign nationals to enter our country outside the scope of existing immigration laws. One of the most flagrant examples of this abuse is the widespread use of so-called \u201ccategorical parole,\u201d which the Biden administration has used to release as many as one million aliens without visas into the United States \u2013 including thousands from Afghanistan alone.\u201d\n\nThe letter continues: \u201cMr. Secretary, the American people do not want to see this dangerous situation repeated with Palestinians. Moreover, they deserve more than a vague assurance from a White House spokesman that the Biden administration hasn\u2019t yet identified a legally dubious mechanism to flood American neighborhoods with foreigners from a region that is a global hotspot for Islamic terrorism.\u201d\n\nOn Friday, Reps. Tiffany and Ogles also introduced theGuaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission (GAZA) Act. This legislation would prevent the Biden administration from issuing new visas or paroling holders of Palestinian Authority passports into the United States.\n\nYou may read thefull letter here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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-ogles-demand-answers-bidens-potential-plans-resettle-palestinians"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4878830406814814, "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"}