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On the recordMarch 10, 2025
These claims are not only legally and factually unfounded, they also threaten civil liberties and the constitutional separation of powers.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin warns that Trump's claims about immigration threaten civil liberties.

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