Dick Durbin: “So I don't think paying them a little extra here is going to change their lifestyle and attitude toward hard work.”

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.

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.

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.