{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-bill-empowering-states-fight-back-against-bidens-border-crisis/", "Hawley Introduces Bill Empowering States to Fight Back Against Biden\u2019s Border Crisis", "2023-10-04", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced the State Border Defense Act to empower states to fight back against President Biden\u2019s failed immigration policies that are flooding America\u2019s streets with deadly narcotics and enabling a rise in child trafficking. Senator Hawley\u2019s legislation comes after the Biden Administration\u2019s repeated efforts to undermine states\u2019 ability to secure their own borders\u2014including preventing the installation of a buoy barrier and razor wire along the southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported a record 232,972 southern border encounters in August\u2014the highest monthly total in 2023 thus far.\n\n\u201cOur southern border is overrun. Joe Biden\u2019s dangerous open-border policies are making it worse every single day, leaving states like Missouri to deal with the consequences. Since the federal government refuses to enforce our immigration laws, states must be able to,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\n\nThe State Border Defense Act would allow states to:\n\nRemove illegal immigrants from the country rather than sending them to other states\n\nProsecute people who commit crimes while entering the country illegally\n\nConstruct barriers on federal lands or waters along the southern border to prevent illegal immigration", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "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.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-bill-empowering-states-fight-back-against-bidens-border-crisis/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7388698868453503, "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"}