We need to try again.
Support and work to pass bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform to fix the broken immigration system and prevent future tragedies.
Occurrences
Evidence
Durbin said he delivered remarks ahead of the Senate’s vote on his and Sen. Tim Kaine’s CRA resolution to overturn a DOJ rule that would prevent meaningful appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Durbin reflected on the 14th anniversary of DACA and called on Congress to finally provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, citing the bipartisan Dream Act.
Durbin and more than 50 colleagues pressed the Acting Attorney General over the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision weakening legal protections for DACA recipients.
Assessments
Durbin appears to have made sustained, serious efforts on immigration, including bipartisan legislative work and public advocacy for Dreamers and immigration protections. But the promise was specifically to support and work to pass bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform, and the evidence here shows advocacy and narrower procedural or defensive actions, not enactment of a comprehensive bipartisan reform package. Since the broader promised outcome was not delivered, but substantial effort is evident, the best judgment is never with effort credit.