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Politician
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 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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