WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) yesterday took to the Senate floor to call for immediate passage of his legislation (https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3AABDF20-B036-4955-BE29-CF732A8B59F3) that would abolish the practice of sanctuary cities and states once and for all. Unfortunately, Graham's bill was blocked by Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) who argued sanctuary jurisdictions are not a problem for the country.
Senator Graham has repeatedly asserted that sanctuary city policies are an underlying cause of illegal immigration as well as the unrest surrounding the enforcement of immigration laws by U.S. Immigrat...