Dick Durbin: “Do you need to be told by me or the Congress to close the carrot drawer and open the stick drawer?”

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

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

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

To leave here without this being a law finalized to protect these young people … is painful, really painful. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them.