WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called out U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on her department's threats to American citizens, as well as misstatements of law by senior Trump Administration officials.
In a letter to Noem, Durbin wrote: "I am outraged at the repeated targeting and racial profiling of U.S. citizens facing warrantless searches and detainment by federal immigration authorities. I am also deeply concerned by misstatements of law by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Chief Gregory Bovino-the senior Trump Administration official responsible for overseeing a...