Dick Durbin: “I respect Joe. I disagree with him. I think the global situation is an emergency.”

You can’t survive in politics unless you’re optimistic. You’ve got to believe that even though you face a setback or you don’t have all the laws you need, that tomorrow will be better.

The lack of community involvement and speed with which this project has moved forward raises questions about the role of private interests.

Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.

Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.