{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-carter-statement-expected-deployment-ice-border-patrol-and-national-guard", "Rep. Carter Statement on Expected Deployment of ICE, Border Patrol, and the National Guard to New Orleans", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "LA", "Troy A. Carter", "C001125", "troycarter.house.gov", "troycarter", "https://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) issued the following statement regarding the expected deployment of ICE, Border Patrol, and National Guard personnel to New Orleans:\n\n\u201cNew Orleans welcomes partnership. We do not welcome occupation.\n\n\u201cWhat we are seeing unfold in our community is not public safety; it is a political stunt wrapped in badges, armored vehicles, and military uniforms. ICE teams, Border Patrol agents, and now National Guard personnel are being deployed to Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes with almost no notice, no transparency, and no meaningful coordination with local officials.\n\n\u201cThese are militarized forces who are not trained in our local laws, not trained in community-based de-escalation, and do not know our neighborhoods or our people. That is a recipe for fear, confusion, and dangerous mistakes.\n\n\u201cThere is nothing cute or clever about \u2018Swamp Sweep\u2019-style operations. There is nothing funny about workers staying home because they fear being detained and disappeared into a system they do not understand.\n\n\u201cIf the administration truly wants to support public safety in New Orleans, they can help us recruit and retain well-trained local officers, invest in modern policing tools, and build transparent partnerships with city and parish leaders. Dropping armed federal agents and National Guard troops into our communities without coordination is not cooperation\u2014it is chaos.\n\n\u201cAs Congressman for New Orleans, I want to be clear: We will always stand for the rule of law. We will always stand for safe communities. And we will always stand against tactics that terrorize families and undermine public trust.\n\n\u201cOur city is not a stage for political theater. Our people are not props. If the administration wants to be a partner, then act like one; share the plan, respect local law, and work with us, not around us.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "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://troycarter.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-carter-statement-expected-deployment-ice-border-patrol-and-national-guard"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9589856490492821, "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"}