{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-icymi-sen-rand-paul-calls-asylum-asia-bibi-has-discussed-president-trump/", "ICYMI: Sen. Rand Paul Calls for Asylum for Asia Bibi, Has Discussed with President Trump", "2018-11-15", "2018", "2018-11", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\n\nNovember 15, 2018\n\nContact: Press@paul.senate.gov, 202-224-4343\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) appeared on \u201cCNN Right Now\u201d with Brianna Keilar to discuss his support for granting asylum to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi, who was charged with blasphemy after a disagreement with neighbors, ultimately resulting in her imprisonment, conviction, and subsequent sentencing to death row.\n\nWhile the Pakistani Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi in October 2018, pushback has left her fate uncertain, and she remains in Pakistan. Earlier this week, Senator Paul discussed the importance of the U.S. granting her asylum directly with President Donald J. Trump.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been fighting for them to free Asia Bibi. I\u2019ve talked to the President about granting her asylum and refugee status here,\u201d Senator Paul stated in the interview, later adding, \u201cI\u2019m worried that she won\u2019t survive.\u201d\n\nDuring the interview, Senator Paul also discussed his opposition to the Saudi-led coalition\u2019s war in Yemen.\n\nYou can watch Senator Paul\u2019s entire interview below:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:10:16Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-icymi-sen-rand-paul-calls-asylum-asia-bibi-has-discussed-president-trump/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9347517043352127, "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"}