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Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp."" Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen. Dick Durbin
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Reps. Cohen, DeLauro and Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Address Childhood Obesity Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "Even as we mark the court ordered deadline, hundreds of children who the Trump Administration forcibly separated from their parents are still not reunited with their families. What an outrage - I will keep fighting until every child is reunited with their parent." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "I'm urging the Department of Justice Inspector General to investigate DOJ's role in President Trump's cruel & immoral "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has separated thousands of families. AG Sessions must be held accountable for his key role in this humanitarian crisis." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Jayapal Leads Colleagues in Demanding Trump Stop Selling Out Breastfeeding Mothers Rep. Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Drop Harmful Plan Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 24, 2018 Hearing of the Human Resources Subcommittee of House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Danny Davis, Hearing on the "Opioid Crisis: Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act" Rep. Danny Davis
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "The court deadline for reuniting 103 children under the age of five was two weeks ago. Only four were reunited with their parents before the deadline. Even now, two weeks later, the Administration has reunited only 58 of these 103 children." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Thursday is the deadline for reuniting thousands of other children with their families. Here is what we know as of last night:" Sen. Dick Durbin
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "As of today, close to 2,000 children remain separated from their parents as a result of the Trump Administration's zero tolerance policy. This is an outrage. It's a toxic mix of cruelty and incompetence." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 20, 2018 Letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Paul Ryan, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi - Drop Harmful Plan of Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 20, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids Rep. Danny Davis, ...
July 19, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018 Tweet - "Teen use of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in recent years, due to products like JUUL, and Congress has to be aggressive in ensuring our kids aren't falling into the traps that can lead to a lifetime of addiction and disease." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018 Duckworth Announces $1.6 Million For The National Runaway Safeline Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 18, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation To Reunify And Protect Immigrant Families Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 17, 2018 Letter to David Sinski, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Look Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen. Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018 After Alarming Federal Report Shows Less than Half of Schools Even Test for Lead in Water, Duckworth Reiterates Call to Protect Children from Contaminated Drinking Water Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018 Tweet - "The United States is one of the very few developed countries where deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth are increasing--and there is a greater racial gap in infant mortality rates today than there was during slavery in America." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs Sen. Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation Sen. Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy Rep. Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Opposition to World Health Assembly Breastfeeding Resolution Sen. Ladda Duckworth
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen. Dick Durbin
July 3, 2018 Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them." Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen. Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen. Dick Durbin
Date Title Politician
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp."" Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018 Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018 Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It Sen.Dick Durbin
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Reps. Cohen, DeLauro and Schakowsky Introduce Bill to Address Childhood Obesity Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "Even as we mark the court ordered deadline, hundreds of children who the Trump Administration forcibly separated from their parents are still not reunited with their families. What an outrage - I will keep fighting until every child is reunited with their parent." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "I'm urging the Department of Justice Inspector General to investigate DOJ's role in President Trump's cruel & immoral "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has separated thousands of families. AG Sessions must be held accountable for his key role in this humanitarian crisis." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 26, 2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Jayapal Leads Colleagues in Demanding Trump Stop Selling Out Breastfeeding Mothers Rep.Jan Schakowsky, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Drop Harmful Plan Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 25, 2018 Letter to The Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Casey, Senators Demand Transparency on Office of Refugee Resettlement Funding Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 24, 2018 Hearing of the Human Resources Subcommittee of House Ways and Means Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Danny Davis, Hearing on the "Opioid Crisis: Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act" Rep.Danny Davis
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "The court deadline for reuniting 103 children under the age of five was two weeks ago. Only four were reunited with their parents before the deadline. Even now, two weeks later, the Administration has reunited only 58 of these 103 children." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 24, 2018 Tweet - "This Thursday is the deadline for reuniting thousands of other children with their families. Here is what we know as of last night:" Sen.Dick Durbin
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "As of today, close to 2,000 children remain separated from their parents as a result of the Trump Administration's zero tolerance policy. This is an outrage. It's a toxic mix of cruelty and incompetence." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 20, 2018 Letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Paul Ryan, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi - Drop Harmful Plan of Discriminating Against Potential Foster or Adoptive Parents and Youth in Foster Care Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 20, 2018 Letter to Ronald Vitiello, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Washington State Democrats Join 139 Members of House and Senate to Speak Out Against Charging Migrant Parents Up to $8/Min. to Speak With Their Kids Rep.Danny Davis, ...
July 19, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018 Tweet - "Teen use of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in recent years, due to products like JUUL, and Congress has to be aggressive in ensuring our kids aren't falling into the traps that can lead to a lifetime of addiction and disease." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 18, 2018 Duckworth Announces $1.6 Million For The National Runaway Safeline Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 18, 2018 Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation To Reunify And Protect Immigrant Families Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 17, 2018 Letter to David Sinski, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Look Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility Sen.Dick Durbin
July 17, 2018 After Alarming Federal Report Shows Less than Half of Schools Even Test for Lead in Water, Duckworth Reiterates Call to Protect Children from Contaminated Drinking Water Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $3 Million for Chicagoland Head Start Programs Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $9 Million for Central Illinois Head Start Programs Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 12, 2018 Tweet - "The United States is one of the very few developed countries where deaths related to pregnancy or childbirth are increasing--and there is a greater racial gap in infant mortality rates today than there was during slavery in America." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $7 Million for Northwest Illinois Head Start Programs Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 12, 2018 Duckworth, Durbin Announce Nearly $6 Million for Southern Illinois Head Start Programs Sen.Ladda Duckworth, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Yesterday, the Trump Administration notified the court that it has identified 102 separated children under the age of five -- and that only four of these children were reunited with their parents before the deadline." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Murray Calls Out Glaring Inaccuracies in Trump Health Secretary Azar's Testimony on Child Separation Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Glaring Inaccuracies In HHS Secretary Azar's Testimony On Child Separation Sen.Dick Durbin, ...
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "At best, HHS Secretary Azar's testimony on Trump's child separation policy two weeks ago was misleading. At worst, it was flat out inaccurate. He must come back and provide Congress with truthful answers." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Let me be just as clear. This Senator will do everything in his power to stop legislation that would authorize the Trump Administration to throw migrant children in jail and throw away the key. It is immoral and un-American." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "The Administration's real plan is not to reunite these families but to undermine the Flores settlement, a legally-binding agreement in place for over 20 years that protects the best interests of detained children." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Dick Durbin
July 11, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Trey Gowdy, Chairman of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Hearing on Trump Administration's Inhumane Child Separation Policy Rep.Subramanian Krishnamoorthi, ...
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "BREAKING: The Trump Administration says that ONLY FOUR of 102 separated children under age 5 were reunited before today's court's deadline. They can't even identify the parent of one toddler and have made no effort to contact 12 parents who ICE deported." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 9, 2018 Duckworth Statement on Trump Administration's Opposition to World Health Assembly Breastfeeding Resolution Sen.Ladda Duckworth
July 5, 2018 Tweet - "We now know Trump's cruel and immoral policy has separated more than 4,100 children from their parents. I won't stop demanding answers until every family is reunited." Sen.Dick Durbin
July 3, 2018 Tweet - "The government has a legal & moral obligation to ensure that each of these kids can be located by, and quickly reunited with, his or her parents. The Trump Administration took these children away from their parents. They must fully comply with the court's order and reunite them." Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "It's heartening to see this outpouring of support for immigrant families who've been impacted by this administration's cruel policies. The message is clear: #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 30, 2018 Tweet - "ICE should be deporting dangerous felons, not toddlers and immigrant families fleeing danger. #FamiliesBelongTogether" Sen.Dick Durbin
June 29, 2018 Tweet - "Hundreds of infants and toddlers have been taken from their parents by our government, but ICE can only match ten parents to their child as of now. Cruelty and incompetence at work by the Trump Administration." Sen.Dick Durbin
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