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June 15, 2018
Tweet - "On this day 6 years ago President Obama established #DACA. This program gave young immigrants the chance to come out of the shadows and be part of the only country they've ever called home."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 15, 2018
Tweet - "1. There is no law requiring family separation. 2. President Trump could end this policy today if he so desired. 3. Republicans control Congress. 4. They could bring up & pass @SenFeinstein's bill that is sponsored by 40 @SenateDems and would end family separation."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 14, 2018
Tweet - "Today, I'm joining thousands of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and others in more than 60 cities across America to declare that #FamiliesBelongTogether. President Trump and AG Sessions are tearing children from their parents, and it has to stop @familiesbelong."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump may tweet that he has "great love" for our Dreamers, but what's happening behind the curtain reveals the truth. He wants to deport them."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "Attorney General Sessions has thrown justice and due process for immigrants out the window."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "Women and children are making a harrowing journey to America in search of safety, but this Administration won't honor our legal and moral obligations to protect them. It's shameful."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's inadequate efforts to reunite the children they separated from their parents at our border are appalling. The fact that they're migrants doesn't mean they aren't human beings who deserve basic & moral human treatment."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018
Casten Hits Roskam For "Moral Failure" On Dreamers' Future
Rep. Sean Casten
June 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin, Feinstein, 30 Senators Sponsor Legislation to End Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen. Ladda Duckworth
June 8, 2018
Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018
As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
Immigrant Heritage Month
Rep. Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop."
Sen. Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Rep. Danny Davis, ...
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border
Rep. Brad Schneider, ...
June 1, 2018
Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 31, 2018
Letter to the Hon Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Urge Designation of Courts as Immigrant Safe Spaces
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 23, 2018
Executive Session
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 23, 2018
Foster Condemns House Republicans' Refusal to Allow DREAMers to Serve in Military
Rep. Bill Foster
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Uphold Protections for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Fleeing Persecution
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
Rep. Bill Foster, ...
May 15, 2018
Tweet - "Because President Trump ended #DACA, Dreamers live each day with an uncertain future, their fate hanging in the balance of the courts. Passing the #DreamAct is the only way to give these young immigrants a future in the only country they call home."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 11, 2018
Tweet - "A tip for @SpeakerRyan if he really wants to protect Dreamers. We have a bipartisan bill that could pass the House today if he brought it to the floor. It's called the #DreamAct."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
Tweet - "The Attorney General is supposed to seek justice but instead he is advocating for forcibly separating small children from their parents who are fleeing persecution. It's a cruel and un-American practice this Administration has embraced."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Lee Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Questions Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security - Concerns over USCIS Plan for New Oversight Division
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Oppose DHS Public Charge Rule
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 5, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration is putting these Hondurans - who were provided safety in our country - at risk by ending TPS. This is heartless."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018
Tweet - "Forcibly separating young children from their parents who are fleeing persecution is cruel. I stand with @AmerAcadPeds and @AAPPres today in calling for an end to this terrible practice #ProtectFamilies."
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Trump Administration's decision on TPS for Honduras
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
May 2, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III, Attorney General, DOJ - Durbin Raises Questions About Possible Collusion Between U.S. & Texas Attorneys General In Termination Of DACA
Sen. Dick Durbin
May 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Rep. Mike Quigley, ...
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Renew Temporary Protected Status for Honduras
Rep. Robin Kelly, ...
April 27, 2018
Tweet - "I have many questions for the Administration's ICE nominee Tom Homan. He's been acting director for over a year, but hasn't come before the Senate for confirmation. Why? My colleagues and I want to know what's keeping away a key player in the President's mass deportation agenda."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Sen. Committee on Appropriations Chairman, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Shelly Moore Capito, Chairwoman, and the Hon. Jon Tester, Ranking Member - Demand Rejection of Trump's Deportation Force Budget Request
Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018
Border Security
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 25, 2018
Durbin: President Trump Must Solve The Crisis He Created & Support The Bipartisan Dream Act Now
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 20, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration exceeded its legal authority by trying to cut off federal funds our police use to fight gun violence in Chicago. It was a dangerous and irresponsible decision to pressure local communities to join in the President's mass deportation agenda."
Sen. Dick Durbin
April 19, 2018
Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 19, 2018
Tweet - "Our immigration courts face their greatest challenge yet: a President and an Attorney General who are calling into question our Founders' promise that ALL persons in our country - not just citizens - are entitled to due process under the law."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Date
Title
Politician
June 15, 2018
Tweet - "On this day 6 years ago President Obama established #DACA. This program gave young immigrants the chance to come out of the shadows and be part of the only country they've ever called home."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 15, 2018
Tweet - "1. There is no law requiring family separation. 2. President Trump could end this policy today if he so desired. 3. Republicans control Congress. 4. They could bring up & pass @SenFeinstein's bill that is sponsored by 40 @SenateDems and would end family separation."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 14, 2018
Tweet - "Today, I'm joining thousands of mothers, fathers, grandparents, and others in more than 60 cities across America to declare that #FamiliesBelongTogether. President Trump and AG Sessions are tearing children from their parents, and it has to stop @familiesbelong."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump may tweet that he has "great love" for our Dreamers, but what's happening behind the curtain reveals the truth. He wants to deport them."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "Attorney General Sessions has thrown justice and due process for immigrants out the window."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "Women and children are making a harrowing journey to America in search of safety, but this Administration won't honor our legal and moral obligations to protect them. It's shameful."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 13, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration's inadequate efforts to reunite the children they separated from their parents at our border are appalling. The fact that they're migrants doesn't mean they aren't human beings who deserve basic & moral human treatment."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 12, 2018
Casten Hits Roskam For "Moral Failure" On Dreamers' Future
Rep.Sean Casten
June 12, 2018
Duckworth, Durbin, Feinstein, 30 Senators Sponsor Legislation to End Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen.Ladda Duckworth
June 8, 2018
Feinstein, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Halt Separation of Immigrant Families
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 8, 2018
As Reports Increase Of Border Patrol Agents Tearing Children Away From Their Parents, Gillibrand Introduces Legislation With 31 Senate Colleagues To Halt Separation Of Immigrant Families
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 7, 2018
Letter to President Donald Trump - Uphold American Values, End Cruel Policy of Separating Children from Parents at the Border
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
June 7, 2018
Tweet - "President Trump's policy of separating young children from their parents isn't just cruel and immoral, it's also ineffective. Why? Because these families are fleeing for their lives so nothing will stop them."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. John Carter, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security and the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Jayapal, Thompson, and Lofgren Lead 108 Lawmakers Urging Appropriators to Stop DHS from Separating Families
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "AG Sessions is *choosing* to separate children from their parents at the border. That's not a law -- that's the policy of this Administration to intimidate those lawfully seeking asylum in our country."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
Immigrant Heritage Month
Rep.Brad Schneider
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Across America there is revulsion to the idea of separating small children from their parents. This policy is causing serious trauma to children and we need your voices now to tell President Trump to end this stain on America immediately."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 6, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kevin Yoder, Chairman, and the Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Protecting DREAMers From Deportation
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
June 6, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Concerns Over Abuses in the H-2B Visa Program that Threaten American Workers
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
June 5, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Calling for an End to Immigration Raids at Work
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 5, 2018
Tweet - "Make no mistake: Under President Trump, separating families fleeing persecution has become official U.S. policy. It's extreme, cruel, un-American, and has to stop."
Sen.Dick Durbin
June 4, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Rep. Adriano Espaillat Leads Congressional Call For Secretary DeVos to Correct Testimony and Uphold Obligation to Serve All Students
Rep.Danny Davis, ...
June 1, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kristjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Honorable Jeff Sessions, Attorney General for the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Dems Demand Answers from DHS & DOJ Following Surge of Immigrant Family Separations at the Border
Rep.Brad Schneider, ...
June 1, 2018
Tweet - "Immigrant families fleeing violence and danger from their home countries should not have to experience more suffering in this country by being torn apart from their loved ones. Today I stand in solidarity with thousands of Americans who understand that #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 31, 2018
Letter to the Hon Thomas Homan, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Urge Designation of Courts as Immigrant Safe Spaces
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 24, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Preserve Educational Equity for English Learners
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 23, 2018
Executive Session
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 23, 2018
Foster Condemns House Republicans' Refusal to Allow DREAMers to Serve in Military
Rep.Bill Foster
May 23, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, US Attorney General - Uphold Protections for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Fleeing Persecution
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 16, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Rep. Love And Jayapal Lead 130 In Bipartisan Support Of Work Authorization Of H-4 Dependent Spouses
Rep.Bill Foster, ...
May 15, 2018
Tweet - "Because President Trump ended #DACA, Dreamers live each day with an uncertain future, their fate hanging in the balance of the courts. Passing the #DreamAct is the only way to give these young immigrants a future in the only country they call home."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 11, 2018
Tweet - "A tip for @SpeakerRyan if he really wants to protect Dreamers. We have a bipartisan bill that could pass the House today if he brought it to the floor. It's called the #DreamAct."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
Tweet - "The Attorney General is supposed to seek justice but instead he is advocating for forcibly separating small children from their parents who are fleeing persecution. It's a cruel and un-American practice this Administration has embraced."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 8, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Lee Francis Cissna, Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - Questions Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
May 8, 2018
Letter to Secretary Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security - Concerns over USCIS Plan for New Oversight Division
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
May 7, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Oppose DHS Public Charge Rule
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
May 5, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration is putting these Hondurans - who were provided safety in our country - at risk by ending TPS. This is heartless."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018
Tweet - "Forcibly separating young children from their parents who are fleeing persecution is cruel. I stand with @AmerAcadPeds and @AAPPres today in calling for an end to this terrible practice #ProtectFamilies."
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 4, 2018
Schakowsky Statement on Trump Administration's decision on TPS for Honduras
Rep.Jan Schakowsky
May 2, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III, Attorney General, DOJ - Durbin Raises Questions About Possible Collusion Between U.S. & Texas Attorneys General In Termination Of DACA
Sen.Dick Durbin
May 1, 2018
Letter to the President Donald Trump - Demand Answers for the Trump Administration's Pitiful Rate of Refugee Resettlement
Rep.Mike Quigley, ...
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Renew Temporary Protected Status for Honduras
Rep.Robin Kelly, ...
April 27, 2018
Tweet - "I have many questions for the Administration's ICE nominee Tom Homan. He's been acting director for over a year, but hasn't come before the Senate for confirmation. Why? My colleagues and I want to know what's keeping away a key player in the President's mass deportation agenda."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 27, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Sen. Committee on Appropriations Chairman, the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, the Hon. Shelly Moore Capito, Chairwoman, and the Hon. Jon Tester, Ranking Member - Demand Rejection of Trump's Deportation Force Budget Request
Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
April 26, 2018
Border Security
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 25, 2018
Durbin: President Trump Must Solve The Crisis He Created & Support The Bipartisan Dream Act Now
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 20, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration exceeded its legal authority by trying to cut off federal funds our police use to fight gun violence in Chicago. It was a dangerous and irresponsible decision to pressure local communities to join in the President's mass deportation agenda."
Sen.Dick Durbin
April 19, 2018
Letter to Jefferson Sessions, US Attorney General - Restoration Of Legal Assistance Programs For Immigrants
Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
April 19, 2018
Tweet - "Our immigration courts face their greatest challenge yet: a President and an Attorney General who are calling into question our Founders' promise that ALL persons in our country - not just citizens - are entitled to due process under the law."
Sen.Dick Durbin
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