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On the recordJune 27, 2011
I urge my colleagues to support the DREAM Act. It is, I think, one of the most compelling human rights issues of our time in America.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin advocates for the DREAM Act as a significant human rights issue.

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