Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee highlighted Tuesday the costs and human toll of President-elect Donald Trump’s stated plans to deport all undocumented immigrants, while Republicans sought to limit some of those concerns.
Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said in his opening remarks the estimated 13 million undocumented immigrants in the United States fill every sector of American society.
“It was an undocumented worker who was watching your grandchild this morning at the daycare center, an undocumented worker who walked carefully with your mother back to her room after breakfast, so she didn’t fall down,” Durbin said. “It was an undocumented worker with that leaf blower in your front yard over the weekend.”
