{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-put-american-citizens-first", "Cotton Introduces Bill to Put American Citizens First", "2025-12-03", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nContact: Patrick McCann (202) 224-2353\n\nDecember 3, 2025\n\nCotton Introduces Bill to Put American Citizens First\n\nWashington, DC \u2014 Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to prioritize Arkansans and ensure that migrants are not benefiting at the expense of American citizens. The American Citizens First Act will tighten immigration standards to protect American citizens.\n\n\u201cHardworking Arkansans should not be forced to support non-U.S. citizens on federal programs. My bill will put American citizens first,\u201d said Senator Cotton.\n\nText of the bill can be found here.\n\nThe American Citizens First Act would:\n\nEnd federal benefits (SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance, student financial aid, etc.) for anyone who is not a U.S. Citizen.\n\nAllow the Secretary of Homeland Security to strip citizenship from any naturalized person who joins a riot, commits violent or destructive protests, or tries to overthrow or disrupt America\u2019s constitutional order.\n\nExpedite removal proceedings for asylum seekers.\n\nRequire a full review of every Afghan let in as a refugee, parolee, or special visa holder from January 20, 2021, until now.\n\nAutomatically end Temporary Protected Status for any national if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines their homeland is safe enough to return to, or the group receiving TPS has a crime rate above a certain threshold.\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://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-put-american-citizens-first"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6011349614709616, "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"}