Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) implored President Joe Biden on Sunday to take a strong position on securing the southern border if he wants to secure more aid to Ukraine.
The hawkish Republican lawmaker offered some advice to the Biden administration during an interview with CBS News as officials warned of a record month in which U.S. Border Patrol took into custody more than 225,000 migrants who crossed the border in December.
“Accept the idea that we’re full. Take the tools we’re willing to give you to stop the inflow” of migrants on the U.S.-southern border, including deportations, and “you’ll turn things around pretty quickly” and “we’ll get money for Ukraine,” Graham said in his “Face the Nation” appearance.
Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC says his message to the Biden administration amid border security negotiations is to “take the tools we’re willing to give you to stop…
