DURBIN DELIVERS OPENING STATEMENT DURING SPOTLIGHT FORUM ON PROTECTING DREAMERS, TRUMP THREATS TO DACA, RENEWED URGENCY TO PASS THE DREAM ACT

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- 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 author of the Dream Act, today delivered an opening statement at a spotlight forum he is hosting on the need to protect Dreamers, threats to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and the urgency to pass the bipartisan Dream Act.

Beginning in 2001, Durbin introduced the Dream Act to give young immigrants the chance to earn U.S. citizenship. He has introduced the legislation every Congress since. Over the years, Durbin has told the stories of 150 Dreamers on the Senate floor. At the urging of Durbin and the late Senator Lugar (R-IN), President Oba...