{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ranking-members-padilla-durbin-raskin-jayapal-statement-on-trump-administrations-failure-to-comply-with-law-requiring-congressional-consultation-on-refugee-admissions/", "Ranking Members Padilla, Durbin, Raskin, Jayapal Statement on Trump Administration\u2019s Failure to Comply with Law Requiring Congressional Consultation on Refugee Admissions", "2025-09-30", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "CA", "Alex Padilla", "P000145", "www.padilla.senate.gov", "padilla", "https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration\u2019s blatant violation of federal law in refusing to consult Congress on refugee admissions:\n\n\u201cThe Administration is required by law to formally consult with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees regarding the number and types of refugees they intend to admit in the coming year. The deadline for this consultation was today. In open defiance of the law, the Trump Administration has failed to schedule the legally required consultation.\n\n\u201cDespite repeated outreach from Democratic and Republican Committee staff, the Trump Administration has completely discarded its legal obligation, leaving Congress in the dark and refugees in limbo.\n\n\u201cThe consequences are dire. The Administration has already frozen the U.S.\u2019s Refugee Admissions Program, a program that for decades has been a beacon of hope to people fleeing persecution and violence. What began as a so-called \u2018suspension\u2019 has now stretched into an eight-month shutdown, betraying the nation\u2019s promise as a refuge for the oppressed.\n\n\u201cNearly 130,000 people facing persecution abroad who have already passed the rigorous vetting requirements of our refugee program have been abandoned by this Administration, left to languish in refugee camps around the world after being given the promise of safety and a new life in America. Meanwhile, President Trump is carving out exceptions for white South African farmers, allowing Afrikaners to skip the line and rigorous vetting as countless others are shut out of the U.S.\n\n\u201cWe call on the Administration to immediately schedule the legally mandated consultation and restore the nation\u2019s refugee admissions program without further unlawful delay and obstruction.\u201d\n\n###", 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.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ranking-members-padilla-durbin-raskin-jayapal-statement-on-trump-administrations-failure-to-comply-with-law-requiring-congressional-consultation-on-refugee-admissions/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8477987721562386, "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"}