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Durbin: Trump Immigration Executive Orders Make Nation Less Safe
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin ^ | 1/25/2017 | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin

Posted on 01/25/2017 7:53:29 PM PST by mdittmar

SHEPERDSTOWN, WV—U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Democratic Whip and Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed executive orders cracking down on immigrant communities, that, among other things, dramatically increase the number of immigration agents and strip federal funding from communities that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.  
 
“Creating a mass deportation force and depriving cities of millions of dollars in critical federal funding will make our communities and nation less safe,” said Senator Durbin. “After railing against the use of executive power, President Trump is bypassing Congress to push his extreme anti-immigrant agenda. Americans deserve a real fix to our broken immigration system that strengthens border security, protects workers, and treats immigrants fairly. Building a wall on our border and fear in our hearts will not move this nation forward.
 
“The reality is that the vast majority of immigrants are law-abiding individuals with deep roots in our country. It is unfair and dangerous to hold an entire community responsible for the acts of a few.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 115th; aliens; durbin; first100days; illegals; trump45; turban; turbandurbin
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To: mdittmar

Dick Turban doesn’t think America will be safe until foreigners are running it, sort of like the last eight years.


21 posted on 01/25/2017 8:20:36 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: mdittmar

Word to DICK:

“Chicago”


22 posted on 01/25/2017 8:22:35 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: mdittmar

Enforcing existing law, that is all it is. Durbin is not on our side and hates America.


23 posted on 01/25/2017 8:23:21 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: mdittmar
"After railing against the use of executive power, President Trump is bypassing Congress to push his extreme anti-immigrant agenda." - Sen. Dick Durbin

No, Trump is not bypassing Congress. To the contrary, President Trump is faithfully executing the laws that Congress already passed.

24 posted on 01/25/2017 8:26:09 PM PST by Always A Marine
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To: mdittmar

Less safe for criminal illegal aliens. Dick is a dick.


25 posted on 01/25/2017 8:26:45 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Our 8 Year Nightmare Has Ended!)
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To: mdittmar

Lock that commie up and make us all safer.


26 posted on 01/25/2017 8:27:30 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Always A Marine

Dear Dickie:

Foreign nationals trespassing in the USA aren’t “immigrants”.

you’re welcome.


27 posted on 01/25/2017 8:30:09 PM PST by Pelham (the refusal to Deport is defacto Amnesty)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch; All

Guys like Durbin are so stupid, they need to get mugged by an illegal.


28 posted on 01/25/2017 8:36:15 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: mdittmar

“It is unfair and dangerous to hold an entire community responsible for the acts of a few.” Just what does that mean? I truly cannot fathom what that mans. Only the law breakers will be held responsible. The rest of the community will not be arrested or deported. Is it a threat? Or is he signaling that the community should engage in violence? I can usually decipher even the looniest leftist but not this one this time.


29 posted on 01/25/2017 8:40:19 PM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: mdittmar

The cities open themselves up to huge lawsuits by family members who sue if illegal aliens commit crimes against their loved ones in their cities. They will be liable for ignoring federal law.

It is a big deal, and money is what the cities and their elected officials will personally lose.


30 posted on 01/25/2017 8:55:00 PM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: mdittmar
Dick Penis Durban doesn't know the difference between an "immigrant" and an "illegal alien invader".

Nothing in any of DJ's EOs will affect any immigrant. Only the "invaders" will be affected...

31 posted on 01/25/2017 9:01:56 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: mdittmar

Having “Dick” Turbin as a US Senator makes us all less safe!


32 posted on 01/25/2017 9:03:24 PM PST by vette6387
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To: mdittmar

MAKE ILLINOIS GREAT AGAIN (OR AT LEAST BETTER). . .DO NOT RE-ELECT DICK DURBIN.


33 posted on 01/25/2017 9:11:15 PM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: mdittmar

You can’t have any respect for yourself when you can say things like this: “Trying to protect yourself will make you less safe.” with a straight face.
The voters agreed.


34 posted on 01/25/2017 9:16:33 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: butlerweave

Don’t count on it. Liberalism is like herpes.


35 posted on 01/25/2017 9:20:34 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: mdittmar

Durbin Makes Nation Less Safe


36 posted on 01/25/2017 9:22:28 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: mdittmar
The reality is that the vast majority of immigrants are law-abiding individuals with deep roots in our country.

Dick, please try to distinguish LEGAL from ILLEGAL immigrants. The two should not be lumped together, as you did.

Donald Trump opposes illegal immigration, but not legal immigration. Trump even married a legal immigrant.

Most Republicans feel the same way. Trump's legal immigrant wife is a big hit with Republicans.

I realize that just because Republicans can distinguish legal from illegal, it does not mean that you will be able to do so. But please try. Try hard.

37 posted on 01/25/2017 9:37:16 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: ptsal

What a Dick Durbin.


38 posted on 01/25/2017 10:04:30 PM PST by funfan
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To: mdittmar

Note to dick,
There is a difference between fear and grim resolve.


39 posted on 01/25/2017 10:07:53 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: mdittmar

DEMOCRATS make the nation less safe. Period, end of story.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.


40 posted on 01/25/2017 10:38:27 PM PST by Enchante (Hoping the Clintonistas are gone from our public life forever!!)
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