WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) led all Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats in formally requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the Trump Administration's attacks on the legal immigration system.
The Trump Administration has summarily halted most immigrant benefits processing for immigration applicants from 39 countries, stopped visa processing for immigrant visa applicants from 75 countries, and ended most refugee and asylum processing. At the same time, the Administration has threatened to conduct a so-call...