{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2024/10/03/daines-introduces-bill-to-combat-biden-harris-failed-amnesty-program/", "Daines Introduces Bill to Combat Biden-Harris\u2019 Failed Amnesty Program", "2024-10-03", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", "daines", "https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "U.S. SENATE \u2013 U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined his Republican colleagues in introducing the \u201cVisa Integrity Preservation Act,\u201d which will halt the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s violation of the \u201cImmigration and Nationality Act\u201d by ending its policy of allowing immigrants who illegally entered the U.S. or overstayed their visas to regularize their status through obtaining temporary work visas.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden and \u2018Border Czar\u2019 Kamala Harris have failed to secure the southern border, and Montanans are bearing the burden,\u201d said Daines. \u201cThe \u2018Visa Integrity Preservation Act\u2019 will stop the abuse of nonimmigrant visa programs and is a step in the right direction towards holding Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accountable for the border crisis they created.\u201d\n\nSenators John Cornyn (R- Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Ihado), Ted Budd (R- N.C.), Dan Sullivan (R- Ark.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Bill Hagerty (R- Tenn.), Pete Ricketts (R- Neb.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senator Daines in introducing the legislation.\n\nBackground:\n\nIn June 2024, the Biden-Harris administration announced a new initiative to grant amnesty to over half a million illegal immigrants, waiving the consular interview requirement for nonimmigrant visas and enabling immigrants who have illegally entered the U.S. or overstayed a visa to obtain temporary work visas. The \u201cVisa Integrity Preservation Act\u201d would end that practice and clarify that illegal immigrants must depart the U.S. for an interview before they can receive a nonimmigrant visa.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "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.daines.senate.gov/2024/10/03/daines-introduces-bill-to-combat-biden-harris-failed-amnesty-program/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5619629994034767, "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"}