- by foxnews
- 14 Mar 2025
Graham made appearances on NBC and CNN Sunday shows advocating for two separate bills - a $100 billion border package, and a second $200 billion bill centered on "national security."
As deliberations in both chambers continue, Graham cautioned Republicans against taking too long to reach a consensus. He said Homan needs immediate funding to further execute his mass deportation strategy, including to increase the number of detention beds from 41,000 to approximately 150,000, to hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, finish the border wall and secure new technology.
Graham said the Trump administration's focus with deportations appeared to remain on criminal illegal immigrants. He cited how there are about 1.4 million illegal immigrants "who've had their case fully adjudicated, and they're still here," and there are "about 680,000 convicted of serious crimes."
Southwest has customers sounding off after the airline announced an end to its checked bag policy, leading some flyers to say they'll "boycott" the airline.
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