WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: During today's Senate Judiciary Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Julia M. Lipez, nominated to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit; Karla M. Campbell, nominated to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit; Mary Kay Lanthier, nominated to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Vermont; and Cathe  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin urges his Senate colleagues to advance the nomination of Judge Maldonado to the Seventh Circuit; if confirmed, she will be the first Hispanic judge to serve on the Seventh Circuit Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on his colleagues to advance the nomination of Judge Nancy L. Maldonado to be the United   more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In March, Durbin led a letter to President Biden requesting this relief for undocumented immigrants--including allowing undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens to seek protection & streamlining the process for DACA holders to change their immigration status In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, applauded Presid  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: On World Refugee Day, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representatives Greg Casar (TX-35), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led 69 members of Congress on a bicameral letter urging the Biden Administration to consider refugee status for certain Palestinians fleeing Gaza--namely those with U.S. citizen or lawful permanent r  more