DURBIN REVEALS DEVASTATING INSIGHTS INTO DILLEY DETENTION FACILITY, CALLS ON JUDICIARY REPUBLICANS TO HOLD COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN ICE DETENTION

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

NAPERVILLE - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released devastating insights into conditions at the South Texas Family Residential Center (Dilley) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility. The visits to Dilley provided new, incriminating insights into the cruelty of the illegal Trump mass deportation agenda, including inhumane conditions, deficient medical care, taunting children, inadequate education for school-age children, and difficulty accessing legal counsel for families and children.

Given these findings, Durbin is calling on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Gr...