CHICAGO - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with former Assistant Chief Immigration Judge (ACIJ) Jennifer Peyton, and three other Chicago-based immigration judges, some of whom were also recently fired by the Trump Administration. “The firing of federal immigration judges is the Trump Administration’s most recent expansion of its cruel and harmful mass deportation effort,” said Durbin. “We cannot allow forthese fear tactics to weaponize our immigration system. That’s w… Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Jeanine Pirro to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: “As I’ve said for weeks, Ms. Pirro’s record is deeply troubling. She’s a January 6 apologist, siding with violent insurrectionists over law enforcement and supporting criminal charges against line prosecutors who handled insurrection-related cases. She’s an… Continue Reading
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that the Senate passed a funding bill for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, as well as for Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26). Durbin and Duckworth worked to secure various priorities for Illinois in the appropriations bills, both through Congressionally Directed Spending requests and through the programmatic… Continue Reading
March 13, 2025