Dick Durbin : Race
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The phrase "chain migration" is what  Durbin  and  his  fellow liberals like to call a racist "dog whistle " but this dog won't hunt.
One wonders if  Sen. Dick Durbin  ever objected to the phrase "chain of custody" in judicial proceedings as evidence of racism in a justice system said to be unfair to blacks. Or maybe he thought "chain smoking" is a phrase coined by Klansmen watching slaves harvest tobacco. Has he ever participated in a chain letter?
Democrats like  Durbin  like to view everything through race-colored glasses  and the phrase "chain migration" is no exception  with  Durbin  claiming President Trump's use of the term reminded blacks of slavery:
 Durbin  told the media on Friday that he reprimanded Trump for using the term "chain migration" in immigration negotiations  claiming [that] it [is] associated with racism  despite the Illinois senator just this week also using the term. Durbin said in an interview: That was the nature of this conversation. When it came to the issue of  quote  "chain migration " I said to the president  do you realize how painful that term is to so many people? African-Americans believe they migrated to America in chains and when you talk about chain migration  it hurts them personally.
In 2010  Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) advocated on the Senate floor for ending the process known as "chain migration " whereby newly naturalized citizens can bring an unlimited number of foreign relatives to the U.S.  a term that he now claims insinuates racism. While asking Congress to pass the expansive and failed "DREAM Act" amnesty  which would start by legalizing millions of illegal aliens   Durbin  touted the fact that the legislation at the time would have ended chain migration  preventing newly amnestied illegal aliens from bringing their extended family members to the U.S. "The DREAM Act would not allow what is known as chain migration "  Durbin  said. "In fact  DREAM Act students would have very limited ability to sponsor their family members for legal status."
Last week  Durbin accused Republicans of forcing Lynch  President Obama's African-American nominee to replace Eric Holder  to "sit in the back of the bus" until a vote on a controversial sex trafficking bill could be held. That thinly veiled reference to the moment in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in a Montgomery  Ala.[] bus was meant to paint Senate Republicans as racists. This came as news to Tim Scott  R-S.C.  the first black elected to the Senate from the Deep South since reconstruction. "It is helpful to have a long memory and remember that  Dick Durbin  voted against Condoleezza Rice during the 40th anniversary of the March (on Selma) " Scott noted. "So I think  in context  it's just offensive that we have folks who are willing to race-bait on an issue as important as human trafficking."
Not only did  Durbin  oppose the nomination of the first black woman  and only the second woman  to be secretary of state  but  he  also fought President Bush's nomination of hispanic Miguel Estrada to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals:
The phrase "chain migration" is what  Durbin  and  his  fellow liberals like to call a racist "dog whistle " but this dog won't hunt.
One wonders if  Sen. Dick Durbin  ever objected to the phrase "chain of custody" in judicial proceedings as evidence of racism in a justice system said to be unfair to blacks. Or maybe he thought "chain smoking" is a phrase coined by Klansmen watching slaves harvest tobacco. Has he ever participated in a chain letter?
Democrats like  Durbin  like to view everything through race-colored glasses  and the phrase "chain migration" is no exception  with  Durbin  claiming President Trump's use of the term reminded blacks of slavery:
 Durbin  told the media on Friday that he reprimanded Trump for using the term "chain migration" in immigration negotiations  claiming [that] it [is] associated with racism  despite the Illinois senator just this week also using the term. Durbin said in an interview: That was the nature of this conversation. When it came to the issue of  quote  "chain migration " I said to the president  do you realize how painful that term is to so many people? African-Americans believe they migrated to America in chains and when you talk about chain migration  it hurts them personally.
In 2010  Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) advocated on the Senate floor for ending the process known as "chain migration " whereby newly naturalized citizens can bring an unlimited number of foreign relatives to the U.S.  a term that he now claims insinuates racism. While asking Congress to pass the expansive and failed "DREAM Act" amnesty  which would start by legalizing millions of illegal aliens   Durbin  touted the fact that the legislation at the time would have ended chain migration  preventing newly amnestied illegal aliens from bringing their extended family members to the U.S. "The DREAM Act would not allow what is known as chain migration "  Durbin  said. "In fact  DREAM Act students would have very limited ability to sponsor their family members for legal status."
Last week  Durbin accused Republicans of forcing Lynch  President Obama's African-American nominee to replace Eric Holder  to "sit in the back of the bus" until a vote on a controversial sex trafficking bill could be held. That thinly veiled reference to the moment in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in a Montgomery  Ala.[] bus was meant to paint Senate Republicans as racists. This came as news to Tim Scott  R-S.C.  the first black elected to the Senate from the Deep South since reconstruction. "It is helpful to have a long memory and remember that  Dick Durbin  voted against Condoleezza Rice during the 40th anniversary of the March (on Selma) " Scott noted. "So I think  in context  it's just offensive that we have folks who are willing to race-bait on an issue as important as human trafficking."
Not only did  Durbin  oppose the nomination of the first black woman  and only the second woman  to be secretary of state  but  he  also fought President Bush's nomination of hispanic Miguel Estrada to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals: