Dick Durbin: “We also have an obligation to look in the mirror, to look at our own human rights record.”

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

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.

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