News from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by
@SenatorDurbin
, author of the Dream Act and Fair Sentencing Act, fighter for equal justice under law.
It’s National Police Week, and Senators Durbin and Graham are leading a bipartisan effort to recognize it in the Senate.
Officers put their lives at risk every day to protect our families, and this week is a chance to show our gratitude.
BREAKING: the Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance the Protecting Older Americans Act, which would invalidate forced arbitration clauses in age discrimination cases and empower victims to seek justice through the courts.
BREAKING: the Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance four judicial nominees to the full Senate.
214 lifetime judges advanced.
194 confirmed.
17 eligible for a vote in the Senate.
The President just signed our bipartisan bill to toughen penalties for social media companies that fail to report crimes against kids.
It’s an important step to help make kids safer online.
Now, it’s time for the Senate to take up the rest of our bipartisan online safety bills.
Sen. Durbin has been an advocate for Dreamers and passing the Dream Act for over two decades.
This powerful thread shows his inspiration for protecting Dreamers – and the urgent need to pass the Dream Act.
“When we pass the Dream Act, all Americans will reap the benefits.”
I met Tereza in 2000, when she was accepted to the Manhattan Conservatory of Music but was undocumented.
She was confused, afraid, and searching for options to pursue her dream in the only country she’d ever called home.
She inspired me to introduce the Dream Act.
A THREAD.
Gaby Pacheco is an inspiration, an immigrant rights leader who led a four-month walk from Miami to Washington, D.C. to highlight the plight of Dreamers.
She became a naturalized citizen last year.
Watch her testimony.
Officer Soto-Rodriguez is a police officer in Blue Island, Illinois.
She’s a DACA recipient who has lived in the United States since she was nine years old. Now she works each day to keep our communities safe.
Watch her powerful story.
Tolu, Oscar, and Diego are three Dreamers whom I’ve had the pleasure to meet over the years.
They’re truly inspiring, and they show the potential our society has if we unlock a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
WATCH their powerful stories.
Dreamers are teachers, nurses, police officers, and above all: foundational to our communities.
But under current law, their dreams of citizenship are deferred far too often.
WATCH as we discuss the urgent need to protect immigrant youth.
BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee announces hearing on hate crimes in response to the ongoing and persistent rise in hate incidents across the country, particularly targeting Jewish, Arab, and Muslim communities.
Politicians, judges, and ex-boyfriends.
None of these people should be able to force a woman to continue a pregnancy.
Yet, in Texas, that’s exactly what’s happening.
Let’s be clear: Johnson & Johnson is a multi-billion-dollar company, and they are shamelessly exploiting legal loopholes to avoid accountability.
Victims deserve their day in court. It’s time to reform bankruptcy law.
Johnson & Johnson said that it would ask tens of thousands of people suing the company over claims that its talcum powder products caused their cancer to approve a new $6.5 billion settlement, its third attempt to resolve the lawsuits.
CONFIRMED: Georgia Alexakis to the Northern District of Illinois
Ms. Alexakis is a highly accomplished litigator. Her breadth of experience in private practice and in government makes her ready to serve on the federal bench on day one.