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Dick Durbin: “When DACA went into effect in August of 2012, I was at…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Spotlight Forum On Protecting Dreamers

Published | Video Starts at 02:42

And so I'm thinking to myself, all of these young people are counting on me. I need some help. Well, I called the right man. When DACA went into effect in August of 2012, I was at Chicago's Navy Pier. Congressman Luis Gutierrez was with me. We expected several hundred people. We hoped we had enough volunteer attorneys to take care of them. It turned out more than 10,000 showed up. (02:42–02:47)

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