Dick Durbin: “I think that is absolutely wrong and that Congress clearly has the authority to make torture a crime.”

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

For decades, America has stood as the bastion of freedom against tyranny, and American presidents have embodied our nation’s resistance to tyrants. Putin is a tyrant.

Much like a toddler throwing a tantrum, Donald Trump continues to punish Americans who live in states that did not support him in the last election.

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.