Durbin slams Biden admin for 'unacceptable' delays in handling DACA applications

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is unhappy with the Biden administration following the release of a quarterly report of statistics related to applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

"The slow rate of processing DACA applications – both initial requests and renewals – is simply unacceptable," Durbin said in a statement. "DACA processing delays are harming Dreamers, as well as their families, livelihoods and security. The Biden administration must work expeditiously to expand processing capacity and eliminate the DACA application backlog." This is not the first time Durbin, lead author of the DREAM Act that would codify DACA, has chastised the Biden administration for its lack of action. Earlier this month, he and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., led 19 other Senate Democrats in calling for the administration to act faster.