Graham Makes Immigration Prediction That Goes Completely Against Trump's Wishes
South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham believes Congress will attempt a new immigration bill to deal with the border wall construction and Dreamers staying in the country.
“There’s a deal to take care of them and get the border wall we desperately need plus interior enforcement to make us safer,” Graham said on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday.
“That deal can be done, and I’ll make a prediction on this show that there’ll be another effort to marry up border security and [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] by the spring, early summer.”
“It may fail,” Graham added. “But I believe we owe it to the American people to try again.
“And I think the president is open-minded to trying again.”
Graham’s prediction comes one week after President Donald Trump said April 1 there would be “NO MORE DACA DEAL,” throwing doubt on the idea he would agree to concessions to Democrats.
DACA is dead because the Democrats didn’t care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon… No longer works. Must build Wall and secure our borders with proper Border legislation. Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018
Graham also approved Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border.
A convoy of would-be immigrants from central Latin American countries partly inspired the move.
But Graham was skeptical about whether a border wall and troops would truly solve the illegal immigration crisis.
“You’re not going to secure a border just by adding National Guard troops.
“You got to go to the root cause of this,” Graham said.
We are sealing up our Southern Border. The people of our great country want Safety and Security. The Dems have been a disaster on this very important issue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2018
The “caravans” of people coming from central America are fleeing because economic conditions are so bad, and the only way to truly prevent the glut of illegal border crossings to “fix the economic magnet.”
“I’ve never met an illegal Canadian,” Graham quipped.
A version of this article appeared on The Daily Caller News Foundation website.
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