Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to retire ffter 44 years in Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : He was among the first to push for a path to citizenship for some immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children, a group that came to be known as Dreamers that became the focal point of successive failed efforts to overhaul immigration laws.
35% : The two pushed a criminal justice overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into law by Trump during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.
30% : Durbin also brushed aside suggestions that he abandon the committee's so-called blue slip tradition, which gives senators veto power over judiciary and law enforcement picks for their states, a lever that Democrats are now employing to thwart Trump.
29% : Trump has tried to end the program, and it remains under legal threat.

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