Lindsey Graham: “I Don’t Care†If Migrants “Stay in These Facilities for 400 Daysâ€Vanity Fair, Jul 14, 2019, Kevin Fitzpatrick
Speaking with Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network, Senator Lindsey Graham vehemently disagreed with humanitarian concerns raised by Vice President Mike Pence’s recent tour of a migrant detention facility in Texas. “I don’t care if they have to stay in these facilities for 400 days, we’re not going to let those men go that I saw,†said Graham. “It would be dangerous.â€
Graham was referring to now-viral footage of Pence’s tour, which saw the vice president blithely overlooking a fenced room filled to capacity with migrants protesting unsanitary conditions. Pence subsequently claimed over Twitter that the men “were in a temporary holding area because Democrats in Congress have refused to fund additional bed space,†and derided CNN for allegedly “ignoring the excellent care being provided to families and children†in a separate facility.
President Donald Trump likewise tweeted on Sunday that “Friday’s tour showed vividly, to politicians and the media, how well run and clean the children’s detention centers are. Great reviews!â€
Graham, meanwhile, emphasized that the facility was “overwhelmed,†and claimed “all of [the detained migrants] broke our law.â€
“What I saw is a bunch of people who have been here before, broke the law before, and we’re not going to let them go,†he continued. “I don’t care if they have to stay in these facilities for 400 days, we’re not going to let those men go that I saw. It would be dangerous.â€
“You say what,†Bartiromo asked, “to those people who are looking at these adult men, who are behind bars because they broke the law, they came into this country illegally?â€
“All of them broke our law,†Graham replied. “Many of them have done it before. And we’re not going to let them go. This is not a concentration camp that I saw, it is a facility overwhelmed.â€
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