{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/08/06/hagerty-introduces-bill-to-end-housing-welfare-for-illegal-aliens/", "Hagerty Introduces Bill to End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Bill Hagerty", "H000601", "www.hagerty.senate.gov", "hagerty", "https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "Democrats have aided and abetted illegal aliens\u2019 exploitation of federal housing benefits\n\nWASHINGTON\u2014On Wednesday, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act, a bill aimed at barring ineligible non-citizens from abusing federal housing programs at the expense of American taxpayers.\n\nIllegal aliens have long exploited federal housing programs by taking advantage of gaps in existing law, such as the \u201cmixed-status\u201d loophole that allows for non-citizens to improperly receive benefits if they are roommates in the same household as citizens.\n\nDemocrats have facilitated such abuse for political gain, because overrunning sanctuary cities with illegal aliens artificially boosts their party\u2019s power and representation when congressional districts are reapportioned.\n\nThese abuses crowd out vulnerable Americans\u2014including the elderly and the disabled\u2014waste taxpayer dollars, and endanger the integrity of the electoral process.\n\nThe End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act would:\n\nDeny Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) grants to sanctuary cities\n\nEnd illegal alien eligibility for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs designated for American seniors and persons with disabilities\n\nRequire public housing authorities to affirmatively verify citizenship before providing services\n\nCodify HUD rulemaking to permanently close the \u201cmixed-status\u201d loophole, which allows illegals who are roommates with eligible individuals to reap the benefits of taxpayer-funded housing. Under the Trump Administration, HUD has estimated that approximately 24,000 illegal aliens, ineligibles, and fraudsters in 20,000 of these \u201cmixed-status households\u201d benefit from HUD assistance\n\n\u201cFor too long, Democrats have encouraged illegal aliens to raid taxpayer-funded housing programs while American families, seniors, and people with disabilities are left waiting in line,\u201d said Hagerty. \u201cMy legislation, the End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act, advances the Trump Administration\u2019s reform agenda by ending this disgraceful abuse, shutting down sanctuary city handouts, closing the outrageous \u2018mixed-status\u2019 loophole, and putting American citizens first.\u201d\n\nFind the full text of the bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"]], "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.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/08/06/hagerty-introduces-bill-to-end-housing-welfare-for-illegal-aliens/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.328865997493267, "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"}