WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced two bills to reform America's broken immigration system.
The Protection of Kids in Immigrant Detention (PROKID) Act would provide a new, stronger layer of oversight to protect immigrant children in government custody. The Real Courts, Rule of Law Act would decrease political influence in the immigration system by transitioning the immigration court system into an independent judiciary.
"For far too long, cruelty, politicization, and a lack of transparency have defined our immigration system. It's time to make commonsense reforms," said Senator Gillibrand. "The PROKID Act would...