It’s time for us to rise up and for people to see us doing that, not to step back and say ‘well immigration was an issue in the last campaign.’ Yes, we’ve got to have sensible regulation of immigration, but this fear factor is unacceptable. It’s un-American.
Dick Durbin: “It’s time for us to rise up and for people to see us doing that, not to step back and say ‘well immigration was an issue…”
On the recordOctober 1, 2026
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Durbin calls for action on immigration issues.
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