WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
During his opening statement in today's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed his condolences for the loss of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old student at Loyola University Chicago who was tragically murdered last week. Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national who arrived in the United States in 2023, has been charged with Sheridan's murder.
During his remarks, Durbin called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to have a serious bipartisan conversation about how to prevent future tragedies like this one. He also noted that the 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bi...