{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-blocks-democrats-mass-amnesty-bill/", "Senator Schmitt Blocks Democrats\u2019 Mass Amnesty Bill", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Eric Schmitt", "S001227", "www.schmitt.senate.gov", "schmitt", "https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "Schmitt Rejects Democrat Proposal to Grant Green Cards to TPS Holders, Restrict Immigration Enforcement, and Expand Mass Migration\n\nU.S. SENATE \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) took to the Senate floor to block Democrats\u2019 attempt to pass legislation that would grant lawful permanent resident status to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients, allow certain previously removed aliens to apply for permanent residency from abroad, restrict the use of information for immigration enforcement, and make it more difficult for future administrations to end TPS designations. Senator Schmitt argued the legislation would permanently expand a program created for temporary emergencies while placing the interests of foreign nationals ahead of the American people.\n\nWatch the senator\u2019s full speechHERE.\n\nExcerpts from Schmitt\u2019s remarks as prepared for delivery:\n\n\u201c\u2026Today, Democrats finally admit what this scheme was always designed to do: Temporary was always meant to become permanent. It is the final stage of their scam\u2026 But that\u2019s how the Democrats do mass amnesty. First, they declare an emergency. Then they import hundreds of thousands of people. Then they extend the program again and again. Then they unleash activist lawyers against anyone who tries to enforce the deadline. And when the American people finally elect a President to end the abuse, Democrats demand mass amnesty.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201c\u2026That is what this bill does. It turns a program created for temporary emergencies into a pipeline for green cards and citizenship. Not only for people who have temporary status. Not only for people who once had TPS. This bill reaches beyond our borders and allows people who were already removed to apply for permanent residency from abroad..\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201c\u2026The bill also creates an ICE blackout. Information provided in these applications can\u2019t be used for immigration enforcement\u2026 Republicans want to handcuff illegal criminals, Democrats want to handcuff law enforcement officers so they can\u2019t do their jobs.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201c\u2026There is nothing compassionate about betraying your own citizens\u2026 There is nothing compassionate about flooding the labor market with more foreign workers while Americans struggle for a decent wage. There is nothing compassionate about flooding the housing market and putting young families behind the 8-ball. There is nothing compassionate about diluting American citizenship.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201c\u2026Last week, I objected to the Democrats\u2019 attempt to give 350,000 Haitians an extended TPS. Today, I am objecting to this Democrat attempt to give millions of illegal aliens mass amnesty, green cards, and work authorization. I will always object to mass amnesty. I will always object to mass migration. I will always object to putting American workers last. I will always object to tying the hands of law enforcement. Temporary must mean temporary. Deportation must mean departure. The law must mean something. And America must come first.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"]], "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.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-blocks-democrats-mass-amnesty-bill/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6225441358983517, "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"}