CNS News
October 22, 2018
The “caravan” of Central Americans has grown to an estimated 4,000-5,000 people, all determined to cross illegally into the United States by way of Mexico.
“What should the U.S. do?” Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo asked Sen. Lindsey Graham on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“Get Mexico to stop them before they get to the United States,” Graham responded:
Have Mexico work with the United Nations and the United States to deal with refugees before they get to our borders. I really appreciate — appreciate Mexico upping their game.
Trump is tough. Mexico is listening to Trump. They’re responding to toughness. These caravans need to be stopped in Mexico. It’s an affront to our sovereignty.
I will be practical with illegal immigrants who have been in America for decades. I’m not going to tolerate any more coming here through caravans. And we need to change our laws to disincentivize this behavior. But Mexico’s the key. We need to work with them. And the president is.
The Senate has agreed to give the Trump administration $1.6 billion for his long-promised border wall in the current fiscal year, but Graham wants more money:
We need $5 billion for the wall. The Senate has a billion and a half. I think we can get the extra money.
We need to deal with the DACA problem, which is a real problem, 690,000 people who’ve been here since there were 6 years old, with no place to go. We need to change our laws, so if you bring your kids here, the whole family gets deported. You don’t want to incentivize people bringing children to America, and somehow they get a better deal if they bring kids.
Mexico is the key. These caravans have to go through Mexico. Well, Mexico should stop them. And I really appreciate President Trump being tough.
In the course of that interview, Graham also weighed in on Saudi Arabia and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington…