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July 26, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
July 25, 2018 Quigley Offers Amendment to Combat ICE's Inhumane and Ineffective Detention Policy Rep. Mike Quigley
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Thursday is the deadline for reuniting thousands of other children with their families. Here is what we know as of last night:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "The court deadline for reuniting 103 children under the age of five was two weeks ago. Only four were reunited with their parents before the deadline. Even now, two weeks later, the Administration has reunited only 58 of these 103 children." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2018 Members of Congress Return From Visit to Detention Center, Border Patrol Processing Center & Port of Entry in Texas Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "As of today, close to 2,000 children remain separated from their parents as a result of the Trump Administration's zero tolerance policy. This is an outrage. It's a toxic mix of cruelty and incompetence." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 19, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018 Foster Statement On ICE Resolution Rep. Bill Foster
July 18, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation To Reunify And Protect Immigrant Families Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 18, 2018 Schneider Statement On ICE Resolution Rep. Brad Schneider
July 18, 2018 Executive Calendar Sen. Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 7 Sen. Tina Smith Leads Effort to Extend Humanitarian Protections For Somali Nationals Living in Minnesota, Across the Country Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 54 Members of Congress Join Reps. Frankel, Torres, Roybal-allard in Letter Opposing Anti-immigrant State Department Nominee Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 17, 2018 Letter to David Sinski, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Look Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen. Dick Durbin
July 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 13, 2018 Tweet - "With more than 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced from their homes, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent innocent victims of war and brutal gang violence from seeking safe haven in our country. This does not reflect our values." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families Rep. Bill Foster, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration continues to try to shift the blame for this humanitarian crisis onto Congress, when in reality this is, as a federal court found, "a chaotic circumstance of the government's own making."" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's goal is clear -- in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, they want to make the situation for families fleeing persecution as painful as possible -- in order to deter them from seeking safe haven in our country." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children Rep. Bill Foster
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 8, 2018 NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court Sen. Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 3, 2018 Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018 Tweet - "136 mayors from 34 different states -- both Democrats and Republicans -- agree that #FamiliesBelongTogether. It's time for the Trump Administration to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want zero tolerance to end. https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/usmayors/USCM_Letter_on_Family_Reunification_07022018__1_.pdf …" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018 CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Dick Durbin Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's clear that ICE is unprepared and seemingly unwilling to reunite the infants and kids they forcibly removed at the border. We need a different solution to this humanitarian crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Bill Foster for Congress's Statement on the Families Belong Together Rally Rep. Bill Foster
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Letter to Donald Trump - Comply With Court Order, Reunite Families Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Demand Answers Regarding Unaccompanied Minors in Administration's Custody Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
Date Title Politician
July 26, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
July 25, 2018 Quigley Offers Amendment to Combat ICE's Inhumane and Ineffective Detention Policy Rep.Mike Quigley
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Thursday is the deadline for reuniting thousands of other children with their families. Here is what we know as of last night:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "The court deadline for reuniting 103 children under the age of five was two weeks ago. Only four were reunited with their parents before the deadline. Even now, two weeks later, the Administration has reunited only 58 of these 103 children." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2018 Members of Congress Return From Visit to Detention Center, Border Patrol Processing Center & Port of Entry in Texas Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "As of today, close to 2,000 children remain separated from their parents as a result of the Trump Administration's zero tolerance policy. This is an outrage. It's a toxic mix of cruelty and incompetence." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 19, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018 Foster Statement On ICE Resolution Rep.Bill Foster
July 18, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation To Reunify And Protect Immigrant Families Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 18, 2018 Schneider Statement On ICE Resolution Rep.Brad Schneider
July 18, 2018 Executive Calendar Sen.Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 7 Sen. Tina Smith Leads Effort to Extend Humanitarian Protections For Somali Nationals Living in Minnesota, Across the Country Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 17, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 54 Members of Congress Join Reps. Frankel, Torres, Roybal-allard in Letter Opposing Anti-immigrant State Department Nominee Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 17, 2018 Letter to David Sinski, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Look Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen.Dick Durbin
July 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State - 83 Members of Congress Urge the Administration to Extend and Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Somalia Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 13, 2018 Tweet - "With more than 65 million people around the world forcibly displaced from their homes, the Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to prevent innocent victims of war and brutal gang violence from seeking safe haven in our country. This does not reflect our values." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 13, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alexander Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Demands Transparency in HHS' Use of DNA Testing to Reunite Separated Families Rep.Bill Foster, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration continues to try to shift the blame for this humanitarian crisis onto Congress, when in reality this is, as a federal court found, "a chaotic circumstance of the government's own making."" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's goal is clear -- in the midst of the world's worst refugee crisis, they want to make the situation for families fleeing persecution as painful as possible -- in order to deter them from seeking safe haven in our country." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 10, 2018 Foster Statement On Visit to Detention Center for Immigrant Children Rep.Bill Foster
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 8, 2018 NBC News "Meet the Press" - Transcript: Supreme Court Sen.Dick Durbin
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 3, 2018 Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 2, 2018 Tweet - "136 mayors from 34 different states -- both Democrats and Republicans -- agree that #FamiliesBelongTogether. It's time for the Trump Administration to listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want zero tolerance to end. https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/usmayors/USCM_Letter_on_Family_Reunification_07022018__1_.pdf …" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 1, 2018 CNN "State of the Union" - Transcript: Interview With Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Interview with Dick Durbin Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's clear that ICE is unprepared and seemingly unwilling to reunite the infants and kids they forcibly removed at the border. We need a different solution to this humanitarian crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Bill Foster for Congress's Statement on the Families Belong Together Rally Rep.Bill Foster
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "It was clear from my meeting yesterday that the Administration is working harder to stop the court-ordered reunification of these families than returning the kids. In the well-worn words of President Trump: sad." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Letter to Donald Trump - Comply With Court Order, Reunite Families Separated By Trump's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Calling on the Administration for a public accounting of the progress of reuniting children with their parents. Every day of delay is a bad day for these kids and their parents." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Letter to Mr. John Kelly, Acting DHS Inspector General - Call for Investigation into Potentially Unlawful Actions by DHS at the Borders Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Comply with Injunction, Reunite Families Separated at Border Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, and the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Demand Answers Regarding Unaccompanied Minors in Administration's Custody Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
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