{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-seeks-justice-after-murder-of-missouri-boy-demands-cash-bond-of-illegal-immigrant-killer-not-be-reduced/", "Hawley Seeks Justice after Murder of Missouri Boy, Demands Cash Bond of Illegal Immigrant Killer NOT be Reduced", "2024-08-27", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "This week U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the presiding judge overseeing the prosecution of illegal immigrant Endrina Bracho, who killed Missouri\u2019s 12-year-old Travis Wolfe in a head-on collision.\n\n\u201cOn December 20, 2023, Endrina Bracho was driving without a license, in the wrong lane, and 35 miles per hour over the speed limit, when she crashed head-on into a vehicle carrying 12-year-old Travis Wolfe,\u201d Senator Hawley wrote. \u201cTravis tragically died from his injuries. Moreover, since Ms. Bracho was unlawfully present in the country, her lack of documentation initially made it difficult for investigators to identify her.\u201d\n\nIn response to news of a possible bond reduction hearing in Bracho\u2019s case, Senator Hawley argued, \u201cMy office has been informed that next month there will be a bond reduction hearing for Ms. Bracho\u2019s case. Ms. Bracho is being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond. That bond level is entirely appropriate, and it should not be reduced.\u201d\n\nSenator Hawley has repeatedly held Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas\u2019 feet to the fire over the tragic trend in illegal-immigrant crime plaguing the country.\n\nIn an April hearing, Senator Hawley pressed Secretary Mayorkas on Wolfe\u2019s case specifically, condemning the DHS Secretary\u2019s willful implementation of the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s open-border agenda that has led to an uptick in illegal-immigrant murders of full-fledged American citizens.\n\nRead the full letter here or below.\n\nAugust 26, 2024\n\nSt. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney\u2019s Office\n\n100 South Central Avenue, 2nd Floor\n\nSaint Louis, MO\n\n63105-1732\n\nTo the Presiding Judge:\n\nOn December 20, 2023, Endrina Bracho was driving without a license, in the wrong lane, and 35 miles per hour over the speed limit, when she crashed head-on into a vehicle carrying 12-year-old Travis Wolfe.[1] Travis tragically died from his injuries. Moreover, since Ms. Bracho was unlawfully present in the country, her lack of documentation initially made it difficult for investigators to identify her.\n\nMy office has been informed that next month there will be a bond reduction hearing for Ms. Bracho\u2019s case. Ms. Bracho is being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond.[2] That bond level is entirely appropriate, and it should not be reduced.\n\nMs. Bracho is clearly a serious danger to the Missouri public\u2014because of her, a child is dead. As should be obvious, her likelihood of offending again upon release is high. The facts surrounding Travis\u2019s death are evidence of Ms. Bracho\u2019s systematic contempt for the law: her defiance of immigration law, driver licensing laws, and basic traffic laws all led to this horrific incident. All of this militates against a reduction in her bond.\n\nI urge, in the strongest possible terms, that Ms. Bracho\u2019s existing $500,000 bond be kept in place.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"]], "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-seeks-justice-after-murder-of-missouri-boy-demands-cash-bond-of-illegal-immigrant-killer-not-be-reduced/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8989810012280941, "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"}