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Sept. 26, 2023
Durbin Meets with Venezuelan Migrants who Fled Maduro Regime in Chicago
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2023
Durbin Meets With Venezuelan Migrants Who Fled Maduro Regime In Chicago
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 13, 2023
Durbin Statement On Federal Judge Again Declaring DACA Unlawful
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 13, 2023
Durbin Statement on Federal Judge Again Declaring DACA Unlawful
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 30, 2023
Durbin, Pritzker, Congressional Leaders, Immigration Coalition Urge President Biden To Expand Work Authorizations
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2023
Durbin, Padilla Ask Secretary Becerra For Answers Regarding Reports That Warnings Of Threats To The Safety And Well-Being Of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Were Dismissed
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 1, 2023
Durbin Urges Military Leaders To Extend Recruitment Efforts To DACA Recipients
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 31, 2023
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Immigrant Workers, Agriculture, And Need For Immigration Reform
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 31, 2023
Durbin Questions Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Immigrant Workers, Agriculture, And Need For Immigration Reform
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 17, 2023
Durbin Meets With Improve The Dream To Discuss Impact Of Green Card Backlog On Documented Dreamers
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 15, 2023
Durbin, Peters Introduce New Legislation To Respond To Immediate Needs At Our Southern Border
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 14, 2023
"Face the Nation," May 14, 2023
Rep. Lauren Underwood
May 10, 2023
Durbin to Republicans: Work with Democrats to Fix Our Broken Immigration System
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 5, 2023
Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 3, 2023
Durbin Statement On Governor Abbott's Continued Political Stunts & Exploitation Of Migrant Families, Calls For More Funding For Chicago
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 19, 2023
Durbin Meets With U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services Director Jaddou
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 30, 2023
Durbin To Republican Colleagues: Stop Blaming DHS And Start Working With Democrats To Reform Our Broken Immigration System
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 29, 2023
ICYMI: Dems Push Back On GOP Fentanyl Claims During Hearing With Mayorkas
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023
ICYMI: Top Democrats Warn Biden: Don't Restart Family Detentions
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023
Durbin Leads Letter To President Biden Urging Against The Use Of Family Detention
Sen. Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023
Booker, Durbin, Colleagues Urge President Biden Against the Use of Family Detention
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
March 9, 2023
Durbin Calls On Congress To Protect Children From Exploitation & Fix Broken Immigration System
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023
Durbin, Graham Introduce The Dream Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023
Durbin, Graham Introduce the Dream Act
Sen. Dick Durbin
Feb. 8, 2023
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Durbin, Padilla Request Biden Admin Consider Recommendations to Recently Announced Migrant Initiative at Southwest Border
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 25, 2023
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Booker, Menendez, Ocasio-Cortez, Luján, Padilla, Casar, Grijalva Lead Bicameral Coalition of Nearly 80 Lawmakers in Pushing Back Against the Biden Administration's Expansion of Title 42 and Proposed Asylum Transit Ban
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Jan. 5, 2023
Tweet - "Unemployed Americans are our first priority, but no question there's a need for immigrants to help fill jobs that Americans won't take. I urge my Republican colleagues to stop their political infighting and join Democrats in working to fix our broken immigration system."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Jan. 5, 2023
Tweet - "Congressional Republicans have repeatedly obstructed bipartisan immigration reform & leave @POTUS with no choice but to use his authority to establish order at our southern border. I strongly support his actions to clearly spell out legal pathways for migrants."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2022
Tweet - "Think we have enough immigrants? Open your eyes. The best medical system in the world is being brought to its knees by a nursing crisis. I recently learned that a major Chicago hospital was buoyed by 30 Filipino immigrant nurses. We need immigration reform and we need it now."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2022
Durbin Statement on Sinema-Tillis Immigration Deal
Sen. Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2022
Tweet - "As author of the Dream Act, I applaud every good faith effort to give these deserving individuals a path to citizenship. I've been in touch w/ my colleagues & will carefully review their proposal. I'm determined to do everything to help deliver a Christmas Miracle for Dreamers."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2022
Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Representatives Jones, Bush, and Pressley Lead Letter Urging Biden Administration to Extend and Redesignate Haiti for Tps
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Nov. 16, 2022
Tweet - "This morning, I met an incredible group of young Illinois Dreamers & heard remarkable stories about their success despite the many challenges they face. A solution for Dreamers is long overdue. They have been forced to live in fear and uncertainty for far too long."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 4, 2022
Tweet - "Our immigration system is broken in so many ways. It has failed our Afghan allies in the United States and those who are stuck abroad. We must act on a bipartisan basis to protect them. Lives are at stake."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Nov. 1, 2022
Tweet - "For 21 years, I've been working to protect Dreamers by passing the bipartisan Dream Act, but Republicans have filibustered the bill time after time. With Dreamers' lives on the line, we need 10 Republicans to stop their political posturing and come to the negotiating table."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 21, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Espaillat, Menendez Lead Colleagues in Urging the Biden Administration to Reassess Decision to Expel Venezuelans Under Title 42
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Oct. 21, 2022
Tweet - "Yesterday I joined @RepSchakowsky and the Refugee Action Network to discuss the urgent need to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act. Doing what we can to support our Afghan allies is a moral imperative. We owe them a path out of Afghanistan and to stability in the United States."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 20, 2022
Tweet - ""These companies are right: ending DACA would hurt the economy. According to @FWDus , if DACA ended or renewals were restricted, an estimated 22,000 jobs would be lost each month for two years--at a time when workforce shortages are already driving up costs.
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 14, 2022
Durbin Statement On Administration's Action To Expand And Strengthen H-2B Visa Program
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Congresswoman Escobar Leads Letter to DOJ to Investigate Migrant Shooting in West Texas as a Hate Crime
Rep. Chuy Garcia, ...
Oct. 6, 2022
Durbin Statement On Fifth Circuit Ruling On DACA
Sen. Dick Durbin
Oct. 5, 2022
Tweet - "Happy to see that current DACA holders can continue to live & work in our communities for now. Sadly they must still spend each day living in fear that they may lose their protections under the law. It is past time that Congress gave them certainty & permanent legal protections."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary U.S. Department of State, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Reps. Titus, Bilirakis Call for Visa Processing Improvements
Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Durbin, Padilla Introduce Legislation To Broaden Legal Pathway To Citizenship
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Foster Leads Effort to Increase Transparency in Immigrant Visa Wait Times
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 14, 2022
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement during Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on our Health Care Workforce
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 13, 2022
Letter to Chris Magnus, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Troy Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol - ongresswoman Escobar Co-leads Letter Urging CBP to Publish Timeline for Vehicle Pursuit Reforms
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 12, 2022
Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Schakowsky Renews Call to End Deputization of Local Police as Immigration Enforcement
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 5, 2022
Tweet - "If Texas Governor Abbott truly wanted help with migrants crossing into his state, we could have worked together to welcome them nationwide. Instead, he has refused to coordinate with cities or even the federal government, wanting to catch cities off guard."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sept. 1, 2022
García, Quigley, Schakowsky, Newman Statement on Migrants Arriving in Chicago
Rep. Chuy Garcia
Date
Title
Politician
Sept. 26, 2023
Durbin Meets with Venezuelan Migrants who Fled Maduro Regime in Chicago
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 26, 2023
Durbin Meets With Venezuelan Migrants Who Fled Maduro Regime In Chicago
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 13, 2023
Durbin Statement On Federal Judge Again Declaring DACA Unlawful
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 13, 2023
Durbin Statement on Federal Judge Again Declaring DACA Unlawful
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 30, 2023
Durbin, Pritzker, Congressional Leaders, Immigration Coalition Urge President Biden To Expand Work Authorizations
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2023
Durbin, Padilla Ask Secretary Becerra For Answers Regarding Reports That Warnings Of Threats To The Safety And Well-Being Of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Were Dismissed
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 1, 2023
Durbin Urges Military Leaders To Extend Recruitment Efforts To DACA Recipients
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 31, 2023
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Immigrant Workers, Agriculture, And Need For Immigration Reform
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 31, 2023
Durbin Questions Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Immigrant Workers, Agriculture, And Need For Immigration Reform
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 17, 2023
Durbin Meets With Improve The Dream To Discuss Impact Of Green Card Backlog On Documented Dreamers
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 15, 2023
Durbin, Peters Introduce New Legislation To Respond To Immediate Needs At Our Southern Border
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 14, 2023
"Face the Nation," May 14, 2023
Rep.Lauren Underwood
May 10, 2023
Durbin to Republicans: Work with Democrats to Fix Our Broken Immigration System
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 5, 2023
Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 3, 2023
Durbin Statement On Governor Abbott's Continued Political Stunts & Exploitation Of Migrant Families, Calls For More Funding For Chicago
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 19, 2023
Durbin Meets With U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services Director Jaddou
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 30, 2023
Durbin To Republican Colleagues: Stop Blaming DHS And Start Working With Democrats To Reform Our Broken Immigration System
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 29, 2023
ICYMI: Dems Push Back On GOP Fentanyl Claims During Hearing With Mayorkas
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023
ICYMI: Top Democrats Warn Biden: Don't Restart Family Detentions
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023
Durbin Leads Letter To President Biden Urging Against The Use Of Family Detention
Sen.Dick Durbin
March 27, 2023
Booker, Durbin, Colleagues Urge President Biden Against the Use of Family Detention
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
March 9, 2023
Durbin Calls On Congress To Protect Children From Exploitation & Fix Broken Immigration System
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023
Durbin, Graham Introduce The Dream Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 10, 2023
Durbin, Graham Introduce the Dream Act
Sen.Dick Durbin
Feb. 8, 2023
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Durbin, Padilla Request Biden Admin Consider Recommendations to Recently Announced Migrant Initiative at Southwest Border
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
Jan. 25, 2023
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Booker, Menendez, Ocasio-Cortez, Luján, Padilla, Casar, Grijalva Lead Bicameral Coalition of Nearly 80 Lawmakers in Pushing Back Against the Biden Administration's Expansion of Title 42 and Proposed Asylum Transit Ban
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Jan. 5, 2023
Tweet - "Unemployed Americans are our first priority, but no question there's a need for immigrants to help fill jobs that Americans won't take. I urge my Republican colleagues to stop their political infighting and join Democrats in working to fix our broken immigration system."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Jan. 5, 2023
Tweet - "Congressional Republicans have repeatedly obstructed bipartisan immigration reform & leave @POTUS with no choice but to use his authority to establish order at our southern border. I strongly support his actions to clearly spell out legal pathways for migrants."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 15, 2022
Tweet - "Think we have enough immigrants? Open your eyes. The best medical system in the world is being brought to its knees by a nursing crisis. I recently learned that a major Chicago hospital was buoyed by 30 Filipino immigrant nurses. We need immigration reform and we need it now."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2022
Durbin Statement on Sinema-Tillis Immigration Deal
Sen.Dick Durbin
Dec. 5, 2022
Tweet - "As author of the Dream Act, I applaud every good faith effort to give these deserving individuals a path to citizenship. I've been in touch w/ my colleagues & will carefully review their proposal. I'm determined to do everything to help deliver a Christmas Miracle for Dreamers."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 30, 2022
Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Representatives Jones, Bush, and Pressley Lead Letter Urging Biden Administration to Extend and Redesignate Haiti for Tps
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Nov. 16, 2022
Tweet - "This morning, I met an incredible group of young Illinois Dreamers & heard remarkable stories about their success despite the many challenges they face. A solution for Dreamers is long overdue. They have been forced to live in fear and uncertainty for far too long."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 4, 2022
Tweet - "Our immigration system is broken in so many ways. It has failed our Afghan allies in the United States and those who are stuck abroad. We must act on a bipartisan basis to protect them. Lives are at stake."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Nov. 1, 2022
Tweet - "For 21 years, I've been working to protect Dreamers by passing the bipartisan Dream Act, but Republicans have filibustered the bill time after time. With Dreamers' lives on the line, we need 10 Republicans to stop their political posturing and come to the negotiating table."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 21, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Espaillat, Menendez Lead Colleagues in Urging the Biden Administration to Reassess Decision to Expel Venezuelans Under Title 42
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Oct. 21, 2022
Tweet - "Yesterday I joined @RepSchakowsky and the Refugee Action Network to discuss the urgent need to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act. Doing what we can to support our Afghan allies is a moral imperative. We owe them a path out of Afghanistan and to stability in the United States."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 20, 2022
Tweet - ""These companies are right: ending DACA would hurt the economy. According to @FWDus , if DACA ended or renewals were restricted, an estimated 22,000 jobs would be lost each month for two years--at a time when workforce shortages are already driving up costs.
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 14, 2022
Durbin Statement On Administration's Action To Expand And Strengthen H-2B Visa Program
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 6, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Congresswoman Escobar Leads Letter to DOJ to Investigate Migrant Shooting in West Texas as a Hate Crime
Rep.Chuy Garcia, ...
Oct. 6, 2022
Durbin Statement On Fifth Circuit Ruling On DACA
Sen.Dick Durbin
Oct. 5, 2022
Tweet - "Happy to see that current DACA holders can continue to live & work in our communities for now. Sadly they must still spend each day living in fear that they may lose their protections under the law. It is past time that Congress gave them certainty & permanent legal protections."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 30, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary U.S. Department of State, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Reps. Titus, Bilirakis Call for Visa Processing Improvements
Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Durbin, Padilla Introduce Legislation To Broaden Legal Pathway To Citizenship
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 23, 2022
Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Foster Leads Effort to Increase Transparency in Immigrant Visa Wait Times
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 14, 2022
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement during Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on our Health Care Workforce
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 13, 2022
Letter to Chris Magnus, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Troy Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Patrol - ongresswoman Escobar Co-leads Letter Urging CBP to Publish Timeline for Vehicle Pursuit Reforms
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
Sept. 12, 2022
Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Schakowsky Renews Call to End Deputization of Local Police as Immigration Enforcement
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
Sept. 5, 2022
Tweet - "If Texas Governor Abbott truly wanted help with migrants crossing into his state, we could have worked together to welcome them nationwide. Instead, he has refused to coordinate with cities or even the federal government, wanting to catch cities off guard."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Sept. 1, 2022
García, Quigley, Schakowsky, Newman Statement on Migrants Arriving in Chicago
Rep.Chuy Garcia
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