Commentary: Sen. Durbin asks, 'What about the children?'
by Sen. Dick Durbin, Chicago Tribune
Jun 28, 2018
3 minutes
Amigas.
They were holding hands when they walked in the room, two tiny little girls with identical hairstyles.
I thought they might be sisters. "No," one said. "Amigas."
The 6-year-old was from Guatemala. Her 5-year-old amiga was from Mexico. They answered questions for one another. When I offered them homemade messages of friendship from the kids of Chicago they politely took the cards adorned with stickers and drawings.
These girls, casualties of
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