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Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham has been a prominent figure in national politics, known for his work on issues such as national security, foreign policy, and judicial appointments. He has played a key role in various legislative efforts and has been an outspoken advocate for military support to Ukraine in recent years.

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Dec 31, 2023

I cannot come back to South Carolina and talk about giving aid to Ukraine and Israel if the border is still broken.

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Dec 31, 2023

This was created by policy choices that created new pull factors.

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Dec 31, 2023

I cannot tell you the humanitarian problems people are suffering due to this immigration.

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Dec 31, 2023

If you're here illegally, you're going to be deported.

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Dec 31, 2023

Accept the idea that we're full. Let – give us – take the tools we're willing to give you to stop the inflow.

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Dec 31, 2023

To the Biden administration, accept the tools that will change things and will get money for Ukraine.

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Dec 31, 2023

We need policy changes that address the pull factors. There's nothing irregular going on in the world.

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Dec 31, 2023

If you have to wait four years for an asylum hearing, let's slow down the asylum system; 1.7 million people are ready to be deported.

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Dec 31, 2023

This is a predictable outcome of bad policy choices made right after Biden became president.

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Dec 31, 2023

We're not going to have a remain-in-Texas policy.

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Dec 31, 2023

When you come to our border, we say, I'm sorry, we're full.

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Dec 31, 2023

We're asking the administration to use Title 42-type authority to tell people we're full.

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Dec 31, 2023

We need to do it, not only for Ukraine, but for our own national security.

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Dec 17, 2023

I could care less what language people use as long as we get it right.

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Dec 16, 2023

If you're talking about the language Trump uses rather than trying to fix it, that's a losing strategy for the Biden administration.

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Dec 16, 2023

I believe in legal immigration. I have no animosity toward people trying to come to our country.

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Dec 16, 2023

You know what I'm worried about? Helping the president bring the Mideast to a better spot, trying to convince the Arabs and the Israelis to not let Iran get you off track.

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Dec 16, 2023

If we don't get this right this time, we're talking about another generation of just tit-for-tat death.

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Dec 16, 2023

The Biden administration went to Saudi Arabia. The idea of normalizing relationship between Saudi and Israel is still the big prize.

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Dec 16, 2023

Seventy-six percent of the American people, not Donald Trump, believe the border is broken.

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Dec 16, 2023

If you don't help Israel destroy Hamas, if Hamas is still standing when this is over, God help us all.

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Dec 16, 2023

I will not help Ukraine, Taiwan, or Israel until we secure a border that's been obliterated.

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Dec 16, 2023

To my House colleagues, if you strip out Ukrainian aid, Russia will keep going. There will eventually be a war between NATO and Russia. And it will be a green light to China to invade Taiwan.

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