AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS DACA, DURBIN CALLS ON CHAIRMAN GRASSLEY TO SCHEDULE A COMMITTEE VOTE ON THE DREAM ACT

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and lead author of the Dream Act, delivered an opening statement during today's Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting denouncing the Trump Administration's attacks on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program-which protects Dreamers from deportation and gives them the chance to contribute more fully to the nation they love. During his opening, Durbin called on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to hold a Committee hearing to examine the plight of Dreamers and to schedule a Committee vote on the Dream Act. Durbin's ...