Live Streaming Now: Student Visa Integrity: Protecting Educational Opportunity and National Security

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Student Visa Integrity: Protecting Educational Opportunity and National Security
Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration
DATE: Wednesday, June 6, 2018
TIME: 02:30 PM
LOCATION: Dirksen Senate Office Building 226
PRESIDING: Senator Cornyn
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Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is my Senator and he is an Ardent Supporter of International Educational and Cultural Exchanges

The list of citations demonstrating Senator Dick Durbin's support for international educational and cultural exchanges are too numerous to mention here in this brief IHEC Blog post but they date back to before his service on the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program!

Examples of his support follow in the partial screen shots of two of his recent press releases:

Full 3-9-17 Press Release available at 

https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-wicker-introduce-legislation-to-promote-study-abroad-2017

Full 3-14-17 Press Release available at 

https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-rubio-reintroduce-legislation-to-promote-education-abroad

U.S. Senator Richard Durbin [D-IL] speaking at the NAFSA/Goucher College policy event "A Global Education: No Longer Optional" during International Education Week 2011

You can learn more about this event on the NAFSA website here.

So happy that Dick Durbin is my Senator!

Senator Dick Durbin at the first-ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

Earlier today the first-ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act was held and broadcast live via Senator Durbin's website.  Senator Dick Durbin [D-IL] (my Senator!) chaired this hearing earlier today and I have embedded video of his introductory comments below.  You can learn more about the DREAM Act via the DREAM Act Portal here. What are your thoughts on the DREAM Act?