Honorable Dick Durbin
Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Sen. Durbin is the senior senator from Illinois and has served as the Senate whip since 2021. Durbin chairs the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and currently serves on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations. The following are Durbin’s remarks on immigration reform made on the Senate floor on Jan. 23. We must restore order at our Southern border and enforce our immigration laws in a fair and humane way. That is why the Senate has been engaged in bipartisan talks on a path forward for weeks. The Republican Governor of Texas [Greg Abbott]…
