{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-proposes-fort-leonard-wood-as-potential-ice-agent-training-facility/", "Hawley Proposes Fort Leonard Wood As Potential ICE Agent Training Facility", "2025-09-15", "2025", "2025-09", "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.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, promoting Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri as a potential training spot for new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.\n\nSenator Hawley wrote, \u201cMy state is grateful for your efforts to reverse the lawless open borders policy of the previous administration. A central part of these efforts has been the recruitment of thousands of additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. To facilitate the swift and effective training of these officers, I wanted to note the potential benefits of utilizing Fort Leonard Wood, a major Army installation in my state.\u201d\n\nHe continued, \u201cFort Leonard Wood is currently a critical hub for military law enforcement training\u2014housing both the U.S. Army Military Police School (USAMPS) and the Marine Corps Police Academy (MCPA)\u2014and has a long history of supporting other federal law enforcement training efforts. The installation is able to accommodate sudden surges in its on-base population, and it currently has extra capacity to host additional missions due to the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI).\u201d\n\nSenator Hawley concluded, \u201cPut simply, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri has the infrastructure, experience, and space to support the rapid expansion of ICE\u2019s critical immigration enforcement workforce.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here or below.\n\nSeptember 12, 2025\n\nHonorable Kristi Noem\n\nSecretary of Homeland Security\n\nU.S. Department of Homeland Security\n\n2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE\n\nWashington, D.C. 20528\n\nActing Director Todd Lyons\n\nU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\n\n500 12th St. SW\n\nWashington, D.C. 20536\n\nSecretary Noem and Acting Director Lyons,\n\nThank you for your tireless work to secure America\u2019s borders and enforce our immigration laws. My state is grateful for your efforts to reverse the lawless open borders policy of the previous administration.\n\nA central part of these efforts has been the recruitment of thousands of additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. To facilitate the swift and effective training of these officers, I wanted to note the potential benefits of utilizing Fort Leonard Wood, a major Army installation in my state. Fort Leonard Wood is currently a critical hub for military law enforcement training\u2014housing both the U.S. Army Military Police School (USAMPS) and the Marine Corps Police Academy (MCPA)\u2014and has a long history of supporting other federal law enforcement training efforts. The installation is able to accommodate sudden surges in its on-base population, and it currently has extra capacity to host additional missions due to the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI).\n\nPut simply, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri has the infrastructure, experience, and space to support the rapid expansion of ICE\u2019s critical immigration enforcement workforce. Thank you for your attention to this matter.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJosh Hawley\n\nUnited States Senator", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "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-proposes-fort-leonard-wood-as-potential-ice-agent-training-facility/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.843665424734354, "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"}