“His life’s legacy”: Durbin leads another push to expand Dreamer protections

The number-two Senate Democrat and chair of the Judiciary Committee has a fresh sense of urgency to remove the uncertainty so many young immigrants live with.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will lead a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning to to press Congress to pass legal protections for Dreamers—many of whom have grown up as Americans in every way except on a piece of paper. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP

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