WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding a whistleblower disclosure (https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/protected-whistleblower-disclosure-re-uscis) alleging that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is feigning compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and a court order in a class action lawsuit in order to avoid court oversight.

The Nightingale (https://immigrationlitigation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/89-Nightingale-Order-Granting-SJ.pdf) court order simply requires USCIS to comply with existing FOIA law to process immigra...