{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140808013311/http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=61268b8e-e9d5-4dcd-86b1-50d44c42faa9", "Crapo, Risch a 'No' on the President's Border Spending Bill", "2014-08-04", "2014", "2014-08", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Jim Risch", "R000584", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch objected to the President\u2019s $3.6 billion request for new spending, saying the measure did nothing to put in place reforms to adequately address the burgeoning crisis along our nation\u2019s southern border.\u00a0 The Senate defeated the emergency supplemental request yesterday evening by a 50-44 vote.\n\u201cThe Administration has repeatedly disregarded U.S. immigration laws in pursuit of its own immigration agenda,\u201d said Crapo.\u00a0 \u201cThe crisis we are seeing along our nation\u2019s southern border is a direct consequence of the President\u2019s end-run around Congress to enact immigration reform, in particular the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).\u00a0 The supplemental request before the Senate lacked the proper assurances that the additional resources would be used to enforce the law and strengthen our border.\u00a0 In addition, the Senate Majority Leader blocked all amendments, including those to put in place real reforms that would ensure our immigration laws do not incentivize continued illegal immigration.\u201d\u00a0\n\u201cThe U.S. is experiencing a tragedy along its border which did not need to happen,\u201d said Risch. \u201cPresident Obama can fix this, but his proposal for $3.6 billion was a bad deal. It throws good money after bad, and it ignores the policy changes that are required to solve this humanitarian crisis.\u201d\nThe Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was an executive action issued in 2012. Implemented by the Department of Homeland Security, DACA prevents the agency from initiating deportation proceedings on illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before they were 16 years old and have lived in the U.S. for five years since their arrival. \u00a0This policy, among others, has encouraged an influx of unaccompanied children attempting to cross the border.\u00a0 This year alone, nearly 60,000 unaccompanied minors have entered the U.S. illegally, and that number is expected to dramatically increase.\nCrapo and Risch previously called on the President to take direct action in dispelling misinformation regarding U.S. immigration policies and firmly enforce the law along our nation\u2019s border. \u00a0Read the letter here.\n###", 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://web.archive.org/web/20140808013311/http://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=61268b8e-e9d5-4dcd-86b1-50d44c42faa9"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7658309079706669, "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"}