WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
During today's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Clarence Birkhead, Sheriff of Durham County, North Carolina, about the Trump Administration's mass deportation campaign and its impact on local law enforcement. Durbin first asked Sheriff Birkhead about how immigration enforcement can erode trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
"The Chiefs of Police in Minneapolis and Chicago report that because of ICE activities, they've got two obvious problems. One, responding to reports of ICE activity and number two, the fact that the commun...