{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=5E98EB54-0AF4-47A3-BF9A-FE698DCF2614", "Graham, Blackburn to President Biden: Tell Migrant Caravan to Turn Around", "2021-09-30", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Lindsey Graham", "G000359", "www.lgraham.senate.gov", "graham", "https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to tell the massive migrant caravan approaching our southern border, \u201cYou must turn around\u201d.\n\nGraham and Blackburn wrote:\n\n\u201cFor the sake of the vulnerable migrants preyed upon by smugglers, the brave men and women of your U.S. Border Patrol currently under siege, and those state and local law enforcement who work tirelessly in border communities to keep Americans safe, we call on you to immediately send a clear and concise signal to the massive caravan en route that they must turn around. Smuggling and trafficking should not be tolerated by the United States.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe continued capitulation constitutes an unconscionable threat to our national security. Terrorist and other transnational criminal syndicates will keep exploiting our weakness if you do not act. President Biden, you can still prevent further human suffering by sending a clear message to the caravan \u2013 \u201cYou Must Turn Around.\u201d Failure to do so would be patently reckless.\u201d\n\nFull text of the Graham Blackburn letter is below.\n\nSeptember 30, 2021\n\nPresident Joseph R. Biden\n\nThe White House\n\n1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW\n\nWashington, D.C. 20500\n\nDear President Biden:\n\nWe write today to again express grave concerns about the escalating humanitarian and public safety crisis at our southern border. Despite your administration\u2019s insistence that the United States does not have open borders, each month hundreds of thousands of migrants are emboldened by your policies to make the journey north. And now a caravan of over 15,000 migrants led by smugglers is making its way through Mexico towards our border.\n\nFor the sake of the vulnerable migrants preyed upon by smugglers, the brave men and women of your U.S. Border Patrol currently under siege, and those state and local law enforcement who work tirelessly in border communities to keep Americans safe, we call on you to immediately send a clear and concise signal to the massive caravan en route that they must turn around. Smuggling and trafficking should not be tolerated by the United States.\n\nWe cannot continue to surrender our southern border to drug cartels and coyotes. An open border like ours is a green light to those who see human life as a commodity. These traffickers, smugglers, and other terrorist groups wish only to line their pockets and cause harm, no matter the cost. The continued capitulation constitutes an unconscionable threat to our national security. Terrorist and other transnational criminal syndicates will keep exploiting our weakness if you do not act. President Biden, you can still prevent further human suffering by sending a clear message to the caravan \u2013 \u201cYou Must Turn Around.\u201d Failure to do so would be patently reckless.\n\nSincerely,\n\nLindsey O. Graham Marsha Blackburn\n\nU.S Senator U.S. Senator\n\n#####", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=5E98EB54-0AF4-47A3-BF9A-FE698DCF2614"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.251682173460722, "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"}