WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and lead author of the Dream Act (https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-murkowski-introduce-the-dream-act), reflected on the 14th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and called on Congress to finally provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
Twenty-five years ago, Durbin first introduced the Dream Act-bipartisan legislation that would give undocumented immigrants who grew up in this country a chance to become American citizens. In 2010, after years of congressional inactio...