WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans released reconciliation bill text that would fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the President's ballroom:

"While Americans are struggling to make ends meet as a result of President Trump's failed policies, Republicans are focused on providing tens of billions of dollars for the President's vanity ballroom project and cruel mass deportation campaign. Republicans are in danger of losing control of Congress in November, so they are g...