{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/10/chairman-johnson-requests-information-about-millions-of-u-s-visa-holders-that-avoided-thorough-vetting-process", "Chairman Johnson Requests Information about Millions of U.S. Visa Holders that Avoided Thorough Vetting Process", "2025-10-03", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Rodney Scott, regarding a recent report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) entitled, \u201cCBP Has Not Evaluated the Security Risks of Interview-Waived Nonimmigrant U.S. Visa Holders.\u201d\n\nThe DHS OIG report found that \u201cbetween March 2020 and March 2024, the Department of State (DoS) issued more than 12 million nonimmigrant U.S. visas without conducting in-person interviews or collecting fingerprints.\u201d\n\n\u201cThese disturbing findings raise serious questions about DoS\u2019s and CBP\u2019s awareness of and ability to track the recipients of the 12 million nonimmigrant visas,\u201d Chairman Johnson wrote.\n\n\u201cThe fact that millions of nonimmigrant foreign nationals obtained a U.S. visa without undergoing the usual vetting process poses a significant national security risk,\u201d Chairman Johnson continued.\n\nChairman Johnson is seeking more information about the millions of nonimmigrant visas that were issued while standard interviewing and fingerprinting procedures were waived. The chairman has requested that the State Department and CBP provide his office details about their efforts to identify, locate, interview, and fingerprint the nonimmigrant visa holders that did not undergo a thorough vetting process.\n\nThe full text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/10/chairman-johnson-requests-information-about-millions-of-u-s-visa-holders-that-avoided-thorough-vetting-process"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7891119457781315, "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"}